Good evening, and welcome to our live coverage of the US Open Women's Final between Angelique Kerber and Karolina Pliskova.

Pliskova 1-2 Kerber: Pliskova opens her account with a game-0 hold, and seals the deal with an ace. This is what we were waiting for - brilliant.

Pliskova 0-2 Kerber: It looks like it will be a foregone conclusion as Kerber takes an early lead, but both players have great placement. Kerber's movement is a bit better and she's able to gain advantage and then the game pretty easily.

Pliskova 0-1 Kerber: Kerber breaks in the first game, really by chance as Pliskova taps it into the tram lines, though Kerber looks incredibly focussed.

And we're off! We'll see which of our pundits is right... Annabel for Pliskova or Greg Rusedski for Kerber.

This is Kerber's third grand slam final this year, and of course she won the Australian Open in January. For Pliskova, her previous best grand slam performance is the third round. Nonetheless, Eurosport pundit Annabel Croft is backing her tonight.

The crowd at Flushing Meadows look pumped and the finalists are on court. Not long now...

Kerber and Pliskova have met seven times, previously, Pliskova has won three of those meetings, Kerber four.

Here's a reminder of Kerber's tournament so far...

Pliskova is currently ranked no.11 in the world, but the women's contest is notoriously unpredictable. Pliskova has shown real class over the tournament so far.

And here's a reminder of how Pliskova made it to the final.

Though despite beating all-conquering Williams, Pliskova will not be favourite to win, tonight.

Angelique Kerber is the new world No.1, having dethroned Serena Williams, who did not make it as far as the final after losing to Pliskova in the semis.