India Open Final LIVE: Lakshya Sen vs Loh Kean Yew - Updates, Results, Scores, Blog

This was Laskhya's first Super 500 title and the biggest title of his senior career yet.

He won the India Open on his debut, the first Indian to do so. He is the third Indian men's singles player after Prakash Padukone in 1981 and Srikanth Kidambi in 2015 to win the India Open title.

He is the first men's singles player from India to win a BWF Super 500 or higher title as this current format was started in 2018.

Lakshya Sen is the aggressor still! A great shot to set up championship point at 20-17. And he's got three of them. Loh Kean Yew under big pressure. And Lakshya seals it with a smash! Lakshya wins the seconed game 21-17. Loh Kean Yew prostrate on the floor.

Lakshya Sen has won the India Open on debut, his first super 500 title.

Lakshya keeps a healthy distance from the world champion. There is another delay as his injured finger is taken a look at.

Lakshya draws level, before they both trade a series of points, neither allowing the other to get into any sort of rythm. Loh Kean Yew has the entire court and all the time in the world to get a smash right to get us level at 9-9 but somehow hits the net! 

The second game begins after a break as a cut on Lakshya's finger is tended to. Loh Kean Yew gets into the lead in the initial stages of the second game.

5 points on the trot for Loh Kean Yew! What a turnaround! That's game point for the Singaporean after the Indian led all the way in this game. Lakshya gets a point as Loh hits it wide. 20-20.

Sen's smash too strong for Loh Kean Yew and the Indian gets his first game point. Back to 21-21. Another shot goes long from Loh to give Lakshya a second game point at 23-22. What a wildly swinging first game. And it's the Indian who wins the first game 24-22.

Slow to start, the world champion is finding his way more and more into the match. A 37-shot rally - the longest of this match so far - goes Lakshya's way though.

Lakshya Sen on the charge in the singles final! Goes into the break in the first game 11-8! The Singaporean misses a shot as Lakshya races even further ahead after the break.

Lakshya Sen's final against the World Champion begins. Both players enjoy equal spoils in the initial exchanges. Then Lakshya Sen hits back - prompted by a successful challenge - to get a flurry of points.

A Short serve gives the Indonesians a 4th game point! Saved again! 23-23. A well placed smash gives a 5th game point to the Daddies. A service fault from Ahsan! Nerves from everyone! 24-24.

finally a game point for the Indians. A championship point. And they have done it! They win it 26-24! Scenes of madness as Satwik takes a lap around the court and Chirag collapses on the court! History for Indian badminton doubles! A first ever Indian pair have won the doubles title at the Indian Open!