Donna Vekic opens with a powerful first serve that Emma Raducanu returns long of the baseline.

Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport tennis news reporter at Queen's

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Quite the scene. Shall we have an afternoon of lawn tennis?

Can't see an empty seat in the whole place. That means we're brimming at about 9,000.

Sure this arena - now named after Andy Murray - gets bigger every year.

Donna Vekic wins the coin toss and elects to serve.

Emma Raducanu elects to stay on the left side of the court.

We'll be under way very shortly.

Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport tennis news reporter at Queen's

Until this season Raducanu had only played one final - and won one.

Quite the record. And if you're going to win one title in your career then you might as well as make it a big one, eh?

Raducanu, of course, wants more. Now, after losing in the Cluj final, she has the chance to stick another trophy in the cabinet.

The joy of winning on home soil will be unrivalled, but Queen's would be a notable win given it is a WTA 500 event - the third tier of tour events beneath the Grand Slams and 1000 events.

Both players are introduced to the crowd at Andy Murray Arena - Emma Raducanu receives a huge cheer.

Anne Keothavong
Former British number one on BBC One

Emma is in a great place with Andrew Richardson as her coach. He's someone she's familiar with and has known her since she was a young girl and helped develop her game.

It's great to see them back working together and playing in another final together.

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Emma Raducanu speaking to BBC Sport: "Donna [Vekic] has had a great tournament, she beat Katie [Boulter] yesterday. I know I have to come out all-guns blazing and play my best. I need to enjoy it having made it to the final. I need to embrace it and live it."

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Standing in Emma Raducanu's way today is world number 76 Donna Vekic of Croatia.

Vekic actually lost to Anna Blinkova in qualifying, but stayed on site and received a lucky loser place in the main draw when Belinda Bencic withdrew through injury.

The 29-year-old defeated Mika Stojsavljevic, Marie Bouzkova and Karolína Plískova to reach the semi-finals, where she overcame Britain's Katie Boulter 6-1 6-3.

The most recent of her four career titles came at the Monterey Open in 2023, though in 2024 she did reach the semi-finals of Wimbledon.

Annabel Croft
Former British number one on BBC One

There's a real buzz around the grounds, a lot of excitement about this match to have a British woman in the final.

If Raducanu can play anywhere close to the tennis she has played this week she has a great shot of winning the title but Vekic is an experienced player and reached the Wimbledon semi-finals two years ago.

Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport tennis news reporter at Queen's

Not for the first time in her career, Emma Raducanu has struggled to gather momentum.

Raducanu reached the Cluj final in early February but was then struck down by a viral illness which had lingering effects.

As a result, she only played six matches in the following four months - losing five of them - before rediscovering her form at Queen's.

Raducanu is playing with the freedom which she has long craved.

That's partly because she feels at home on grass and also because of the confidence instilled by her new/old coach Andrew Richardson.

She is moving athletically and smoothly on a surface she finds natural, allowing her to take the ball early and dictate her opponents from the baseline.

Here's how Emma Raducanu reached the first grass court final of her career.

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Emma Raducanu won two matches on Saturday to book her place in today's final. Not a bad way to kick off the weekend, is it?

Raducanu overcame an injury scare to beat Kamilla Rakhimova 6-3 7-5 in her weather-delayed quarter-final early on Saturday afternoon.

She returned to Andy Murray Arena a little over two and a half hours later and dispatched highly-rated American teenager Iva Jovic 6-2 6-2.

Raducanu now has the chance to claim a first grass-court title of her career, to go with the US Open title she sensationally won in 2021.

BBC One

Live coverage of today's women's singles final is under way on BBC One.

You can also watch the final, and the doubles final that follows, on BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website & app until 19:30 (BST).

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Hello and welcome to women's final day at Queen's.

British number one Emma Raducanu is looking to win the first grass court title of her career.

Let's get straight into it.