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Janice Tjen, the defending champion, reposted Instagram story of her coach Christopher Bint who claims "they" (has to be either local organisers or WTA) wanted the Chennai Open final to be played on Sunday night itself despite the extremely poor air quality
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Here is a quick explainer about the brief history of the WTA 250 Chennai Open and why it is being moved to Manila 🇵🇭 next year ⬇️
Nihit retweeted
The singles final at the WTA 250 Chennai Open between Indonesia’s Janice Tjen and Poland’s Magda Linette was postponed due to rain and poor air quality 🚨
The contest will now be held at 11 a.m. on October 9, the reserve day for the tournament.
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It's official!
The WTA 250 Chennai Open 2026 final between Janice Tjen 🇮🇩 and Magda Linette 🇵🇱 has been postponed.
It will be played tomorrow (November 9) at 11 a.m. IST.
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WTA 250 Chennai Open ⬇️
Both Tjen and Linette are on the court for the final but the air quality 🤯🤯🤯
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Both players were involved in a discussion with supervisor Sheetal Iyer and a medical expert.
Visibility not good enough to play a match at this point.
The players have left the court now.
Final may be played tomorrow. Official confirmation awaited.
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Official: The WTA 250 Chennai Open 2026 singles final between Janice Tjen 🇮🇩 and Magda Linette 🇵🇱 will start at 9 p.m. IST (provided there is no more rain of course).
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WTA 250 Chennai Open ⬇️
Will it be third time lucky?
No rain for now and the organisers are trying to get the court ready once again for the singles final between Janice Tjen and Magda Linette.
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Nihit retweeted
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿-𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 🎾
@nihitsachdeva28 explains why the WTA 250 will move from India to Manila from next year onwards 🇮🇳➡️🇵🇭
#WTA250 #ChennaiOpen2026
Congratulations, Chennai. Winter has arrived.
On a serious note, the organisers will take a call at 8 p.m. whether the WTA 250 Chennai Open 2026 singles final between Tjen & Linette can be held today or will it be played tomorrow.
And it's drizzling again!
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WTA 250 Chennai Open ⬇️
Rain has stopped. Efforts being made to dry the court once again for the singles final between Janice Tjen and Magda Linette.
However, the visibility is just horrible at this point and it is only going to get worse.
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WTA 250 Chennai Open ⬇️
It's raining again.
Singles final between Janice Tjen and Magda Linette delayed.
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WTA 250 Chennai Open ⬇️
It started pelting down as soon as the presentation ceremony began for the doubles final.
Anyway, Tjen vs Linette singles final isn't supposed to start before 6:30 p.m.
Just in case the rain doesn't stop at all, we have a reserve day.
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WTA 250 Chennai Open ⬇️
The rain has stopped and they are wiping the court.
Probably on track for the originally scheduled start time - 6:30 p.m. - for singles final between Janice Tjen and Magda Linette.
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Runner-up finish for Vaishnavi Adkar and Rutuja Bhosale at WTA 250 Chennai Open.
The Swiss duo of Naima Karamoko and Simona Waltert beats the Indian pair 6-2, 6-0 in the final.
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Nihit retweeted
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗺 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗬𝗲𝗼𝘀𝘂, 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗞𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗮, 𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 ‘𝗔𝗻 𝗦𝗲-𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴, 𝗔𝗻 𝗦𝗲-𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴’ 🗣️
The home crowd had come expecting a victory, and its favourite had every reason to believe she could deliver one. The World No. 1 had swept through the 2026 Korea Open without dropping a game, arriving at Sunday’s final against Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi with an extraordinary winning streak intact.
Yamaguchi had beaten An Se-young in the Korea Open 2025 final, but in their summit clash in the 2026 edition, it was the South Korean who had the last laugh 🇰🇷🏸
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WTA 250 Chennai Open, Finals Day ⬇️
The floodlights are on. The fireworks have already begun (Happy Diwali, everyone!).
Former Doubles World No. 1 Rohan Bopanna in the stands.
Starting the day with doubles final - Vaishnavi/Rutuja🇮🇳 vs Karamoko/Waltert 🇨🇭
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Nihit retweeted
"𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲."
Defending champion and top seed Janice Tjen of Indonesia spoke about playing the Chennai Open with firecrackers bursting in the background.
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