Caroline Wozniacki beats Simona Halep in thrilling final
Wozniacki wins first Grand Slam title 7-6 3-6 6-4
Dane regains world number one ranking
Both players needed treatment
Heat rule applied after second set
*Halep 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 4-3 Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki is getting some treatment. It looks like the 27-year-old's left leg is being tended to.
A knee problem?
Image source, EPA*Halep 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 4-3 Wozniacki
Wozniacki overcooks another forehand and Halep breaks.
The Romanian is on a roll - she's won four of the past five games.
Halep 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 3-3 Wozniacki*
That's sloppy from the world number two, a loose forehand into the tramlines and it gives Halep break point.
Halep 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 3-3 Wozniacki*
Simona Halep punches a backhand long, but follows up with a flawless crosscourt shot that has Caroline Wozniacki scrambling almost all the way into the Rod Laver Arena crowd.
Deuce.
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Sho Rahman: Huge credit to Halep. Such a long semi and the fight to come back again and again.
Christopher Rowe: So much for so many boring, predicable and one sided Women's Grand Slam finals, this anything but.
Image source, AFPHalep 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 3-3 Wozniacki*
That was so close, and Simona Halep knows it - she gives the universal sign for "just wide", two fingers narrowly separated.
Caroline Wozniacki uses that momentum to rattle back to 30-30.
Halep 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 3-3 Wozniacki*
Caroline Wozniacki looked like she might be calling for a trainer there. Simona Halep is just turning the screw a little in these past few points.
A precision backhand down the line - 0-30.
Halep 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 3-3 Wozniacki*
Every time one of these players seems to get the upper hand, the other digs in to find a response.
Simona Halep replies to a Caroline Wozniacki winner with one of her own, and then crunches a forehand deep towards the baseline that the Dane can only whack high into the Melbourne sky before watching it land a long way out.
Halep holds.
Piers Newbery
BBC Sport at Melbourne Park
The tension and the heat are turning this one into an almighty tussle, and nerves are on edge. Wozniacki is warned by the umpire at the changeover about coaching from her player box, and she relays the message to her team when she walks back on court.
Jill Craybas
Former world number 39 on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
It will be heartbreaking for whoever loses this final. It's going to be like the Nadal and Djokovic matches where they could barely stand at he end of the match because they'll be exhausted.
It'll be a sad ending because the way they are both fighting you want them both to come out on top.
Image source, Getty Images*Halep 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 2-3 Wozniacki
Four breaks in a row, now can Simona Halep hold?
The world number one is challenging an out call, but her shot was long.
Halep screams her way into a punishing backhand to get the better of a 17-shot rally.
Superb, fist-pump worthy winner - 30-15.
*Halep 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 2-3 Wozniacki
Loose, wide - Caroline Wozniacki got that forehand all wrong.
Simona Halep breaks.
Halep 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 1-3 Wozniacki*
Another scrambling exchange and this time it's Caroline Wozniacki who goes long.
Two break points for Simona Halep.
Halep 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 1-3 Wozniacki*
Does anyone want to hold serve?
Simona Halep, after a tired-looking service game, is punchy in her reply to Caroline Wozniacki and creeps into a 0-30 lead.
She goes long from the baseline as the Dane pulls a point back.
Pat Cash
Former Wimbledon champion on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra
That was a tired game from Halep and it clearly affected her game. She needs to regroup now and try to launch one more assault.
Halep 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 1-3 Wozniacki*
Wozniacki only needs one, the world number two breaks to love.
Image source, EPA*Halep 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 1-2 Wozniacki
That is superb from Caroline Wozniacki, time almost seemed to slow down as she picked her spot with a backhand winner.
Three break points.
*Halep 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 1-2 Wozniacki
This is turning into the thriller we all hoped it would be.
Compelling stuff on Rod Laver Arena, a first Grand Slam title for both these players in the balance.
Wozniacki muscles in on Halep's serve to go 0-30 up... we've already seen 20 break points.
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Emma Gregory: Got to hand it to these ladies. Incredible strength and determination.
Joseph Burns: Whenever Wozniaki gets bogged down in long deuce games she always seems to lose them.
*Halep 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 1-2 Wozniacki
The world number one tosses her arms into the air in frustration, another missed opportunity.
A sixth deuce.
Another punishing point, but one Halep takes with a well-placed backhand that Wozniacki can't return at the net.
Break point number six... followed by double fault!
Halep breaks back.