Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the US Open final between world number one Victoria Azarenka and home favourite Serena Williams.

Williams has won 42 of her last 44 matches - her only losses since the start of April came to Razzano at the French Open and to Kerber in Cincinnati.

We know Azarenka is playing in just her second Grand Slam final but what about Serena? She is playing her 19th GS final and has a 14-4 win-loss record.

Azarenka has the second-most match wins on the WTA this season with 54 and can come within one of the leader, Angelique Kerber, if she wins today

Having already won the Australian Open for her maiden Grand Slam title earlier this year, Azarenka is now looking to add the US Open to that tally. And the Belarusian has experience of that. Back in 2005, she won the Australian Open junior title for her maiden junior Grand Slam before following it up for her second with the US Open junior title. Seven years later, can she mirror it?

Azarenka has two US Open titles to her name - the junior title in 2005 (beating Glatch in the final) and the mixed doubles title in 2007 (with Mirnyi).

However, Azarenka has the best hard court record of any player this year with a win-loss stat of 31-2 or 93.93 per cent

The head-to-head stats are not good for Azarenka. These two players have faced each other a grand total of 10 times and the Belarusian has managed to secure just the one win. That came back in just their third meeting, in the Miami final in 2009. And since then, Serena has dominated, winning the last six encounters on the bounce - including this year's clashes on the clay in Madrid and on the SW19 grass at both Wimbledon and the Olympics

After yesterday's tornado, it is perfect tennis weather in New York today. Currently the temperature is hovering around about the 24 degree mark, with a few passing clouds. And, more importantly, there's no rain forecast so we should get through the the match without any interruptions

So it's Azarenka v Serena. World number one v world number four. 23-year-old v 30-year-old. Australian Open champion v Wimbledon champion