Senior Sub-editor/Senior Reporter at @sportstarweb ( @the_hindu ) | @ACJIndia alumnus | Views are personal (Also, always looking for underrated musicians)
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Twenty years after helping Spain win #DavisCup with his triumph over Andy Roddick, #Nadal will be there for his country one last time. In 2004, he was a promising prospect. In 2024, the whole world will witness the farewell of a living legend
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🔹New career-high singles rankings for Vaishnavi Adkar and Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi
🔹Rutuja Bhosale nears Top 100 in doubles
Here are the gains made by Indian players in WTA Rankings after last week's Chennai Open ⬇️
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Craig Fulton Interview for @sportstarweb by @aashin23
Indian head coach shares his thoughts on the difference in players' motivation and priorities for World Cup, when compared to events like Asian Games & Olympics.
Read ⬇️
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World Athletics has published the qualification system for LA 2028 Olympics.
For all events except marathon, 10000m, decathlon, heptathlon, race walks and relays, the qualification period is 19 June 2027 to 18 June 2028.
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The second sports page from today's edition of @the_hindu
Covered the final edition of the WTA 250 Chennai Open for both @sportstarweb & the newspaper.
The deadline pressure of print is unmatched!
Highlights of Linette vs Tjen WTA Chennai Open 2026 final are now available on @JioHotstar
TNTA President Vijay Amritraj says the final (not sure if it'll be the whole thing or just highlights) will be out on @JioHotstar later today
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🔹Yet another Linette comeback (Great job to avoid a repeat of 2022 final result)
🔹Title dedicated to victims of mass shooting in Krakow
On the thrilling (rescheduled) WTA 250 Chennai Open final between Magda Linette and Janice Tjen ⬇️
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🔹Rain was a bigger concern than clash with Diwali: organisers
🔹Linette: Doubles should have been played much earlier on Sunday
🔹Bint (Tjen's coach): Call about postponement could have been made sooner
WTA Chennai Open singles final scheduling mess ⬇️
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2022: Runner-up
2025: Didn't play
2026: Champion
Magda Linette🇵🇱 wins the 3rd (& last edition for now) WTA 250 Chennai Open!
Beats defending champion Janice Tjen🇮🇩 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 for her 4th Tour-level title & first since Prague (2024)
Back in Top 50.
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Linette takes 2nd set 6-1. Forces a decider in this WTA Chennai Open final.
Tjen's level dropped significantly.
Heat rules comes into play - match suspended for 10 minutes.
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Here are the details regarding the rule.
Temperature above 30.1 degrees Celsius.
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WTA 250 Chennai Open ⬇️
Reigning champion Tjen takes the first set 7-5 after 64 minutes.
Linette let herself down with a big mistake in the penultimate game.
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Three games into the 1st set but still no stream on @JioHotstar for the WTA 250 Chennai Open singles final between Janice Tjen and Magda Linette.
Perhaps, there was no arrangement for this situation where the final had to be played on the reserve day
TNTA President Vijay Amritraj says the final (not sure if it'll be the whole thing or just highlights) will be out on @JioHotstar later today
WTA 250 Chennai Open ⬇️
The main draw action, delayed by a day, began at 11 a.m. on Tuesday.
The singles final, also delayed by a day, begins at 11 a.m. today (reserve day).
Full circle.
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WTA 250 Chennai Open ⬇️
All clear for the reserve day.
Singles final between Janice Tjen 🇮🇩 and Magda Linette 🇵🇱 to start at 11 a.m.
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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 ⬇️
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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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