Jenice Tjen Loses In Round I WTA 125 Suzhou

Janice Tjen lifted the suitcase in the first round of WTA 125 Suzhou (Instagram/@janicetjen).

JAKARTA Janice Tjen's steps immediately stopped in the first round of the main draw of the WTA 125 Suzhou tennis tournament singles in China.

He lost after two hours and 18 minutes of fighting United States, Varvara Lepchenko, which ended with a score of 4-6, 6-1, and 6-7(2) in Suzhou, China, on Tuesday, September 30, 2025.

This result is Varvara's revenge against Janice after previously losing in the first round of the 2025 Grand Slam event which took place in August-September 2025.

Despite losing, Janice created more break points. He got a chance nine times and converted four of them.

In addition, he also came back to force the match to continue to the decisive set. Unfortunately, he failed to get past the tiebreak in the decisive set so he had to give up tickets for Lepchenko.

However, Janice still has to win the title from the women's doubles sector with compatriot Aldila Sutjiadi. The pair are already in the quarter-finals.

The Hangzhou 2023 Asian Games bronze medalist qualified after eliminating the resistance of Li Yu-yun/Elena Pridankina (China Taipei/Russia) with a score of 6-2 and 6-4.

They will next face the winner of the match between Varvara Lepchenko/Tang Qianhui (AS/China) or Linda Fruhvirtova/Viktorija Golubic (Rep. Czech/Switzerland) for one semifinal ticket.

Janice came to Suzhou with her best ranking in 102nd place in the world after passing the WTA 125 Suzhou qualifying round.

The ranking of the 23-year-old rose sharply after he finished runner-up in his WTA tour debut in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in mid-September 2025.