Chennai, November 9, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
Poland’s Magda Linette defeated top seed and defending champion Janice Tjen of Indonesia to win the Chennai Open title on Monday, securing her fourth WTA trophy.
Linette fought back from a set down to register a 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 victory in the final, which lasted two hours and 43 minutes. The summit clash had been postponed by a day due to adverse weather conditions.
The victory was particularly significant for Linette, who had finished runner-up at the Chennai Open in 2022 after losing to Linda Fruhvirtova. She had also led 4-1 in the deciding set of that final before going down 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
The Chennai title joins Linette’s previous WTA triumphs at The Bronx in 2019, Hua Hin in 2020 and Prague in 2024. It was the ninth final of her career and her first tournament appearance in which she contested multiple finals.
Tjen had been aiming to defend the title she won against Linette 12 months ago and become the first player to win consecutive Chennai Open singles crowns. Linette, meanwhile, claimed her first title in more than two years.
The singles final was originally scheduled for Sunday but was moved to Monday at 11 am after rain and heavy smoke from Diwali fireworks affected conditions at the SDAT Tennis Stadium. Organisers confirmed that tickets issued for November 8 would remain valid for entry on November 9.
In the doubles final played on Sunday, Switzerland’s Naima Karamoko and Simona Waltert defeated India’s Vaishnavi Adkar and Rutuja Bhosale 6-2, 6-0 to claim their first title as a pair.
Karamoko and Waltert were playing their first tournament together and had earlier beaten top seeds Momoko Kobori and Peangtarn Plipuech in the quarterfinals. Adkar and Bhosale became the first all-Indian pair to reach a WTA Tour doubles final and had upset second seeds Weronika Falkowska and Alana Smith in the semifinals.
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