Just how crucial will that point turn out to be?

Alcaraz fist pumps towards the crowd as he takes a vital hold. De Minaur knows that was a missed opportunity.

What a point!

De Minaur works Alcaraz around the court with some stunning work, drop shots and forehand volleys.

He sets up the winner but eventually smacks it into the net. That's so unlucky.

The Australian will be wondering how he didn't get that one and if he had he would've found himself with two break points.

He laughs that one off, he knows he could've taken a decisive lead in this set.

Big solid return from De Minaur which Alcaraz thinks has gone long, he challenges the call but it's a good one from the line judge.

Both of these players are absolutely fascinating to watch - both so dynamic and agile.

The wheelchair final between British top seed Alfie Hewett and second seed Joachim Gerard of Belgium has gone to a final set after Gerard levelled the match by winning the second set 6-3.

You can watch that stream at the top of this page.

Another tricky service game for De Minaur but he comes through with a quality backhand.

We stay on serve, who will blink first?

What a shot.

Alcaraz comes out on top after a thrilling rally, he winds up the forehand and hammers it straight and hard. De Minaur does well to get to it but can't do much with the return forehand.

There was so much venom on that even the crowd gasped.

Yesterday Alcaraz hit three back-to-back forehand winners at 92mph, 102mph and 96mph.

Ridiculous stuff.

Over in Birmingham it's 2-2 in the opening set as Jelena Ostapenko and Barbora Krejcikova remain on serve after four games.

You can watch that here.

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De Minaur has got that in the tank as well. Both of these players' serves are pretty huge.

The Australian gets himself an equally impressive hold to love with a little cross-court forehand and Alcaraz can only push it into the net.

Alcaraz's serve is vicious, even his second one. De Minaur can only just get a racquet to it but it hurtles up into the sky.

A few more of those and it's an impressive hold to love for Alcaraz. He's just starting to find his groove, the Spaniard.

Oh wow. Alcaraz misses the drop shot to level things up at 30-30, you don't see many of those.

Nerves on both sides it seems.

A lovely well-timed cross-court forehand from Alcaraz takes us to deuce but De Minaur forces the Spaniard to send his return long to take the game.

A nervy but important hold for the Australian.

Some nerves from De Minaur, perhaps?

He sends a forehand long for 0-15 then smacks one into the net to gift Alcaraz 0-30.

It looks pretty hot out there, could that come into play today?

The Queen's Centre Court is PACKED, the absolute hot ticket in town today.

These are two hugely exciting players and the crowd know it.

They're both so incredibly likeable, too. Both came onto court with huge grins on their faces, accompanied by kid mascots and greeted with warm applause.

We're ready to go. Alex de Minaur to serve first...

Here come the players in the London sunshine.

I'm looking out of my window and there are dark clouds and apparently a storm coming.

I'm up north, though, and I don't think that will be making its way down to London.

Kyle Edmund
British tennis star on BBC One

Carlos Alcaraz will feel confident and relaxed. He has improved all week and will feel he's favourite but De Minaur is quite a character and is smiling because of the opportunity he has today.

When Rafael Nadal won this trophy in 2008, he went on to win Wimbledon three weeks later. Good omens.

Carlos Alcaraz is only the third Spaniard to feature in a final at the London tournament.

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One thing Carlos Alcaraz seems to have done this week is win over the Queen's crowd.

His tennis is scintillating but the way he interacts with the crowd following his matches seems to have endeared him to the London audience.

That can only be a good thing as we approach Wimbledon. How much will it play into his favour today?

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Here are some of the best shots from Carlos Alcaraz's win over American Sebastian Korda in the semi-final yesterday.

Enjoy.

BBC iPlayer

If you fancy watching the action from the Birmingham Classic instead, or maybe you can double screen and do both, Jelena Ostapenko is facing Barbora Krejcikova in the final and that will be starting very very shortly.

Watch in this page or on the BBC iPlayer.

BBC Sport

You can also tune into the men's wheelchair final from Queen's at the top of this page, where Briton Alfie Hewett is currently a set up over Belgian Joachim Gerard.

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BBC One

Grab your remotes because this one is live on BBC One right now.

Alternatively, you can watch on the BBC iPlayer or click the play icon at the top of this page.