Summary

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  • Britain's Emma Raducanu beats Canada's Leylah Fernandez 6-4 6-3 in US Open women's singles final

  • Raducanu is the first qualifier in the Open era to reach a Grand Slam final

  • The 18-year-old was the first British woman in a major singles final in 44 years

  • She wins the title without dropping a set after a sensational journey in New York

  • Unseeded Fernandez, 19, ranked 73rd in the world, makes this the first all-teenage final since Serena Williams v Martina Hingis in 1999

  • Raducanu has not dropped a set in the nine matches she has played in the tournament (three in the qualifiers and six in the main draw)

  • She had a world ranking of 150 going into this tournament

Live Reporting

Alex Bysouth

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  2. 'In the balance'

    Russell Fuller
    Tennis correspondent on BBC Radio 5 Live

    A thrilling first set is still very much in the balance.

  3. Pat Cash
    Former Wimbledon champion on BBC Radio 5 Live

    What a rally.

  4. Raducanu 4-3 Fernandez*

    Boom! A fist-pump worthy winner from Emma Raducanu, firing a huge forehand down the line.

    She has Leylah Fernandez sprinting side to side like a PE teacher dishing out the bleep test but somehow the Canadian keeps getting it back - remarkable defence - until eventually Raducanu just has too much and another forehand zips beyond the 19-year-old to see the British teenager hold.

  5. *Raducanu 3-3 Fernandez

    Very well worked from the qualifier, edging towards the net and putting away a volley after closing off the angle for Leylah Fernandez.

    The Brit takes a high ball on the full but the Canadian gets it back, looping the fluff high into the New York sky, Emma Raducanu again goes for the volley but this time hooks it long. 30-30.

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  6. Laura Robson
    Former British number one on BBC Radio 5 Live

    It is the done thing to apologise after a net cord but you never mean it.

  7. *Raducanu 3-3 Fernandez

    Leylah Fernandez clips the tape with a forehand, watches on anxiously as the ball flirts with the idea of dropping back on her side but breathes a sigh of relief as it wriggles towards the half of Emma Raducanu and slides down the Brit's side of the net. The Canadian holds.

  8. Pat Cash
    Former Wimbledon champion on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Raducanu has a better service technique. You'd think it would be more consistent.

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  9. Raducanu 3-2 Fernandez*

    Third double fault of the match from Leylah Fernandez and it gives Emma Raducanu a sniff here...

    The Brit thinks she's found the line with a whipped forehand but it leaks just wide. 30-30.

  10. Raducanu 3-2 Fernandez*

    Twenty-five minutes in and we've already got an impressive highlights package. Some seriously enthralling, aggressive tennis from both players.

    Emma Raducanu fiddles with her strings and then blows on her finger tips as she waits to receive serve, but can only cup a forehand long. 15-15.

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    Tameena Hussain: This final is sensational! The atmosphere tense & the quality of play, incredible. Edge of the seat stuff but absolutely love it! Come on Emma Raducanu!

  12. 'Four outstanding points'

    Russell Fuller
    Tennis correspondent on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Four outstanding points from 0-30 from Raducanu just as Fernandez was starting to make her presence felt.

  13. Raducanu 3-2 Fernandez*

    Good fightback on serve from Emma Raducanu, rifling down a string of big efforts to punch her way back to 40-30 and then the hold. A good recovery from 0-30 down.

  14. Russell Fuller
    Tennis correspondent on BBC Radio 5 Live

    This is exactly what Leylah Fernandez has done to Grand Slam champions in this tournament.

  15. *Raducanu 2-2 Fernandez

    Spot of bother here for the British teenager, a double fault after a superb backhand winner from Leylah Fernandez and the Canadian senses another break at 0-30.

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    Currently watching the tennis huddled up around the laptop in a cold tent somewhere in a field in Herefordshire. Come on Emma!

    Rob

  17. *Raducanu 2-2 Fernandez

    Huge serve from the Canadian, almost ripping Emma Raducanu's racquet from her grasp, and Leylah Fernandez holds to level up on the scoreboard in this US Open final.

  18. Raducanu 2-1 Fernandez*

    That's superb from Emma Raducanu, she couldn't have placed any of those strokes better if she picked them up and placed them in the build up to slapping away a volleyed winner.

    Leylah Fernandez then miscues and Raducanu is applying some pressure at 40-30.

  19. Russell Fuller
    Tennis correspondent on BBC Radio 5 Live

    At the moment Fernandez is on a little bit of a roll.

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  20. Raducanu 2-1 Fernandez*

    Lovely change of direction on a forehand from Leylah Fernandez, just opening up her strings to guide it into a difficult spot for Emma Raducanu. The Canadian shows a remarkably deft touch too to leave the British qualifier rooted to the baseline. 40-0.