Australian Open Final HIGHLIGHTS: HS Prannoy loses 90-minute thriller against Weng Hong Yang - Scores, updates, blog

Game 1: Angled smash from Prannoy

Smash winner from Prannoy. He follows it up with a point at the net. Prannoy trails Yang 4-5.

Game 1: 3 points lead for Yang

Prannoy plays into the net. Yang draws out Prannoy's errors and races to a 5-2 lead in the opening game. 

Game 1: Points for Prannoy

Prannoy engages Yang in net dribble; the Chinese hits the net. First point for the Indian. He gets another from a net dribble. 

Yang leads 4-2. 

Game 1: Prannoy smashes into the net

Yang opens up a 3-0 lead in the opening game. Prannoy hits a toss from Yang into the net and then misjudges a lift. 

Weng Hong Yang to serve

Prannoy has craved a huge crowd of support in the final. And the spectators at the State Sports Centre in Sydney have poured in big numbers. 

Weng Hong Yang will serve in the opening game.

Prannoy in action shortly

Prannoy and Weng Hong Yang will be in action at Court 1 in the men's singles final shortly. 

Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong win the women's doubles title in straight games. 

The Koreans beat China's Liu Sheng Shu and Tan Ning 21-18, 21-16. 

Prannoy vies for 2nd World Tour title

Prannoy, at 31, has emerged as India's most consistent men's singles player on the World Tour this year, just ahead of the World Championships in Copenhagen.

At ninth, he is India's highest-ranked male in men's singles world rankings and the only Indian to be ranked in top 10 of the discipline.

This year, Prannoy has reached three semifinals, including the Australian Open. At the Indonesia Open in June, he made a third-place finish.

He will play his second final on the World Tour 2023 at the Australian Open. Prannoy won the Malaysia Masters Super 500 men's singles title in May.

Feng Yan Zhe-Huang Dong Ping win Australian Open mixed doubles title

Chinese mixed doubles duo of Feng Yan Zhe and Huang Dong Ping win the Australian Open Super 500 mixed doubles title. The world no. 3 pair beat Hiroki Midorikawa and Natsu Saito of Japan 21-14, 16-21, 21-15.

Beiwen Zhang wins women's singles title

Beiwen Zhang of the USA wins the Australian Open women's singles title. Zhang beats Kim Ga Eun of South Korea 20-22, 21-16, 21-8. 

This is 33-year-old Zhang's second World Tour title. Her last title - the India Open in 2018 - was also her first. 

Prannoy on Hong Yang

"Hong Yang is very tricky. In the last six months, he beat several big names. Being left-handed, he has an advantage. But I will go all in the final."