Ash Barty beats Danielle Collins to end 44-year wait for home Australian Open champion – as it happened

• 10.13am GMT 10:13 Ash Barty wins the Australian Open, beating Danielle Collins 6-3 7-6 (7-2)
• 9.18am GMT 09:18 Ash Barty takes the first set 6-3
• 8.00am GMT 08:00 Preamble

10:13

Collins goes long for 0-1, and Barty has the next two serves. The first point for 2-0 see Collins again go long. Then a winner is crashed home for a 3-0 lead. The crowd sniff glory. An amazing rally sees Barty smash home after a drop shot is well saved by Collins. 4-0, then 4-1 on Collins’ last serve of her two. Then Collins’ backhand fails her on the Barty second serve. Two points from glory. Barty misses her first serve and this time Collins takes the point. 5-2. But on the American’s own serve she is horribly loose on a forehand and hands over four championship points. It’s taken in style, from the back of the court, a delightful passing shot with Collins at the net. 44 years of hurt are over.

Updated at 10.16am GMT

Here’s Tumaini Carayol’s report from Melbourne.

This is the moment the country had been waiting for.