Magda Linette wins Chennai Open and dedicates title to Kraków shooting victims
The third-seeded Pole defeated defending champion Janice Tjen in a three-set final on Monday.
Poland's Magda Linette won the WTA 250 Chennai Open on Monday, defeating top seed and defending champion Janice Tjen 5-7, 6-1, 6-4, according to reports by Times Now, Sportstar and The Hindu.
The final at the SDAT Stadium in Nungambakkam was originally scheduled for Sunday but was moved to a reserve day due to rain and smog caused by Diwali firecrackers.
Linette, the third seed, overcame a first-set loss to win the match in two hours and 43 minutes. The match was briefly suspended for 10 minutes due to weather conditions with temperatures exceeding 30.1 degrees Celsius.
The 34-year-old Pole described the victory as a redemption after losing the 2022 final of the same tournament. Linette noted that she had previously lost that final after leading 4-1 in the deciding set.
Linette dedicated her fourth career WTA Tour title to the victims of a mass shooting in Kraków, Poland, which left six people dead and 17 injured. She said it was difficult to celebrate because of the tragedy in her home country.
In the women's doubles final, the unseeded Swiss pair of Naima Karamoko and Simona Waltert defeated India's Vaishnavi Adkar and Rutuja Bhosale 6-2, 6-0.