Magda Linette wins Chennai Open title after three-set battle
The third-seeded Pole defeated defending champion Janice Tjen to secure her fourth Tour-level title on Monday.
Third seed Magda Linette defeated reigning champion Janice Tjen 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 to win the WTA 250 Chennai Open on Monday. According to The Hindu, the final was moved from Sunday to the reserve day because of rain and smog caused by Deepavali fireworks.
The match at the SDAT Stadium began at 11 a.m. after the top-seeded Indonesian took the first set. Linette received a code violation during the opening set for hitting a ball into the stands, but she recovered to win the second set as Tjen's first serve percentage fell from 67 per cent to 58 per cent.
The contest was briefly paused for 10 minutes in the third set due to extreme weather conditions with temperatures exceeding 30.1 degrees Celsius. Tjen managed to break Linette in the sixth game of the decider, but the Pole regained her advantage to win the match in two hours and 43 minutes.
Linette dedicated her victory to the victims of a mass shooting in Krakow, where six people died on Saturday. She stated that her heart and wishes were with those who were hurt and that people should try to help one another during tough moments.
In the doubles final held on Sunday, the Swiss pair of Naima Karamoko and Simona Waltert defeated the Indian duo of Vaishnavi Adkar and Rutuja Bhosale 6-2, 6-0.