Janice Tjen of Indonesia will face Magda Linett of Poland in the final of the WTA-250 tournament in Chennai, with Tjen seeking to defend the title she won at the event in 2025, liveresult.ru reported. The 24-year-old Indonesian defeated American Robin Montgomery 6:3, 6:4 in the semifinal, while the 34-year-old Pole overcame Russia’s Anastasia Zakharova 2:6, 6:2, 6:3 in a semifinal lasting one hour and 55 minutes.
Tjen’s Path to the Chennai Final
Tjen reached the final with a tournament run that included victories over Hui (6:1, 6:2), Garland (7:6, 6:1), Kudermetova (5:7, 6:4, 6:2), and Montgomery (6:3, 6:4), according to vprognoze.ru. Against Montgomery, Tjen dropped only one service game and hit six aces with one double fault. The Indonesian holds a 17:19 hard-court record this season but has found strong form in India, winning the second set in six consecutive matches, four of them at Chennai, vprognoze.ru noted. Her recent form shows four wins in her last five matches, three in straight sets, sport.vbr.ru noted.
Linett’s Three-Set semifinal Run
Linett’s route to the final proved more demanding. She defeated Faley (7:6, 5:7, 6:2), Utimdzima (7:6, 6:0), Khontama (4:6, 7:5, 6:4), and Zakharova (2:6, 6:2, 6:3), vprognoze.ru reported. Against Zakharova, Linett lost the first set after falling behind 0:4 and saving a game point at 1:5, then rallied to win the final two sets, including saving a match point against her at 4:1 in the decider before serving out the match at 5:3. Linett holds a 25:24 overall record this season and a 19:18 hard-court mark, with her positive hard-court differential coming only in India, vprognoze.ru stated. She has won four of her last five matches, with three requiring three sets, sport.vbr.ru reported.
Odds and Previous Meetings
Bookmakers rate Tjen as the favorite at 1.76, implying roughly 54% probability, against Linett at 2.08, or about 46%, sport.vbr.ru reported. The two players have never faced each other, according to vprognoze.ru. Linett previously reached the Chennai final in 2022 but did not win the title, liveresult.ru recalled. Markets also price a total over 21.5 games at 1.96 and a 2:1 set score at 4.45, while Tjen’s career-high ranking is 521 and Linett’s season prize money is 0.6 million euros against Tjen’s 0.01 million, sport.vbr.ru added.
Frequently Asked Questions
Have Tjen and Linett played each other before? No, the two have never met in a match, vprognoze.ru reported.
What is at stake for Tjen in Chennai? Tjen won the title at this tournament in 2025, delivering a run of 72 hard-court victories that year, and is now one win from successfully defending it, vprognoze.ru stated.
How did Linett reach the 2026 final?
The final pits Tjen’s fresher two-set semifinal victory against Linett’s experience of three-set battles, with the 2022 final appearance marking Linett’s previous best result at this event, liveresult.ru noted.
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