Magda Linette wins Chennai Open title
The Polish player dedicated her victory to the victims of a mass shooting in Kraków after defeating Janice Tjen in the final.
Poland's Magda Linette won the WTA 250 Chennai Open on November 9. According to Times Now, the third seed defeated top seed and defending champion Janice Tjen 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 in the final.
The match was postponed by one day because of poor air quality caused by Diwali firecracker celebrations. Linette spent 12 hours and 28 minutes on court during the tournament, including a three-hour and 33-minute opening-round match against qualifier Aliona Falei.
Linette, who has previously won titles in The Bronx, Hua Hin and Prague, said she was proud of herself and her team after a tough streak. She had managed only one win in 10 matches following the 's-Hertogenbosch semifinals in June.
After the win, Linette dedicated the title to the victims of a mass shooting in Kraków, Poland, which left six people dead and 17 injured. She said it was hard to celebrate because of the tragedy in her home country.
In the women's doubles, the unseeded Swiss pair of Naima Karamoko and Simona Waltert defeated India's Vaishnavi Adkar and Rutuja Bhosale 6-2, 6-0. Adkar and Bhosale were the first all-Indian pair to reach a WTA doubles final.