November 7, 2025

Open Court

MORE TENNIS THAN YOU'LL EVER NEED

After two consecutive days of complete rainouts, the WTA event in Chennai finally kicked off on Wednesday, again with all 16 first-round singles matches on the schedule.

That put them a bit behind, but nothing fatal yet and the forecast looks a lot better (if hot and humid) for the rest of the week.

In Hong Kong, No. 2 seed Leylah Fernandez looks for a quarterfinal spot against the German Eva Lys – who has played a lot of Canadians on this swing – and gets it fairly routinely.

(Hong Kong and Jiangxi are 12 hours ahead; Chennai is 9 1/2 hours ahead)

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Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open
Location: Hong Kong
Surface: Hard
Category: WTA 250
Dates:
Oct.  27 – Nov. 2, 2025
Prize money: $275,0940
Draws: S32 – D16

Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025
Final results

Singles, second round

[2] Leylah Fernandez (CAN) def. Eva Lys (GER) 64 61

Cristina Bucsa (ESP) def [8] Emiliana Arango (COL) 62 64

[5] Maya Joint (AUS) def. [Q] Viktoria Morvayova (SVK) 61 64

[7/WC] Sorana Cirstea (ROU) def. Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) 46 64 63

Doubles quarterfinal

Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) / Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) def [4] Sabrina Santamaria (USA) / Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) 61 60

Doubles, first round

Eudice Chong / Hong Yi Cody Wong (HKR) def [1] Eri Hozumi (JPN) / Fang-Hsien Wu (TPE) 46 63 [10-5]

Feng Shuo (CHN) / En-Shuo Liang (TPE) def. [3] Emily Appleton (GBR) / Tang Qianhui (CHN) 67 (4) 26 [10-8]

Talia Gibson / Maddison Inglis (AUS) def Dalma Galfi (HUN) / Suzan Lamens (NED) 63 63

  

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Jiangxi Open
Location: Jiujiang, China
Surface: Hard
Category: WTA 250
Dates:
Oct. 27 – Nov. 2, 2025
Prize money: $275,094
Draws: S32 – D16

Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025
Final results

Singles, second round

[2] Viktoriya Golubic (SUI) def [LL] Elena Pridankina (RUS) 60 46 75

[5] Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) def [WC] Zheng Wushuang (CHN) 62 60

Tamara Korpatsch (GER) def Ella Seidel (GER) 36 60 61

[WC] Lilli Tagger (AUT) def Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) 64 62

Doubles quarterfinal

[3] Quinn Gleason (USA) / Elena Pridankina (RUS) def. [WC] Shi Han / Yao Xinxin (CHN) WALKOVER

Alina Korneeva (RUS) / Dominika Salkova (CZE) def [1] Xu Yifan / Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN) 76 (9) 67 (5) [10-5]

Doubles, first round

[2] Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) / Katarzyna Piter (POL) def I-Hsuan Cho / Yi-Tsen Cho (TPE) 62 64

Mana Ayukawa / Kanako Morisaki (JPN) def Alicia Barnett (GBR) / Elixane Lechemia (FRA) 16 75 [11-9]

 

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Chennai Open
Location: Chennai, India
Surface: Hard
Category: WTA 250
Dates:
Oct. 27 – Nov. 2, 2025
Prize money: $275,094
Draws: S32 – D16

Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025
Final results

Singles, first round

Retirements, withdrawals etc.

[Q] Mei Yamaguchi (JPN) def [2] Francesca Jones (GBR)  46 60 10 retd 

[6] Léolia Jeanjean (FRA) [LL] Arina Rodionova (AUS) def. Nina Stojanovic (SRB) 63 55 retd

Polina Iatcenko (RUS) def Alina Charaeva (RUS) 63 50 retd

Lanlana Tararudee (THA) def Maria Timofeeva (UZB) 62 20 retd

 

Upsets

Katarzyna Kawa (POL) def [5] Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) 67 60 62   

 

Seeds advancing

[1] Zeynep Sonmez (TUR) def. Tatiana Prozorova (RUS) 75 64 

[3] Donna Vekic (CRO) def. [LL] Vaishnavi Adkar (IND) 61 62

[4] Janice Tjen (INA) def. [Q] Caroline Werner (GER) 64 67 (5) 62

[7] Kimberly Birrell (AUS) def. Nikola Bartunkokva (CZE) 16 61 63  

[9] Diane Parry (FRA) def. [LL] Thasaporn Naklo (THA) 62 60

Wild cards rolling

[WC] Srhivalli Bhamidipaty (IND) def [WC] Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi (IND) 61 64

[WC] Mia Pohankova (SVK) def Nao Hibino (JPN) 75 61 

[WC] Sahaja Yamalapalli (IND) def. [LL] Priska Nugruho (INA) 64 62 

Other results

Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) def. [Q] Astrid Lew Yan Foon (FRA) 62 62

Joanna Garland (TPE) def. [Q] Arianne Hartono (NED) 64 63

[PR] Storm Hunter (AUS) def Mai Hontama (JPN) 67 (0) 62 64  

Doubles, first round

Riya Bhatia / Rutuja Bhosale (IND) def [3] Dalila Jakupovic / Nika Radisic (SLO) 62 62

[WC] Vaishnavi Adkar / Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi (IND) def Amina Anshba (RUS) / Eden Silva (GBR) 62 16 [10-7]

Mai Hontama / Akiko Omae (JPN) def Shrivalli Bhamidipaty / Ankita Raina (IND) 76 (2) 62

 

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