JAKARTA - The journey of Indonesian women's tennis player Janice Tjen at the 2026 Dubai Championship stopped in the 16th round. She returned home after losing to the second seed from the United States, Amanda Anisimova.
Janice, who is looking for her first victory over the current top players, is sure to pack her bags from the tournament after losing in two straight sets 1-6 and 3-6 on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, afternoon WIB.
Anisimova easily stole the first game while holding the serve without giving Janice a chance to score. He opened with an ace and closed the game in a short time.
The 24-year-old American then converted one of two break points in the second game to take a 2-0 lead. He also won easily in the third game so that he was even more on top.
Janice then managed to narrow the gap in the fourth game while holding serve, but Anisimova bounced back and got the next three games. He converted one break point in the sixth game and then blocked Janice's three break points in the seventh game.
In the second set, Janice won the first game easily and managed to convert one of three break points in the second game to take a 2-0 lead. However, the situation changed quickly after Anisimova managed to steal five games in a row.
During that period, he managed to convert three of four break points to take a 5-2 lead. Janice then managed to take advantage of one break point in the next game to cut the score.
Unfortunately, the Jakarta-born tennis player failed to steal points while holding serve in the ninth game. Anisimova got another break point in the game and managed to lock in the victory.
Anisimova total scored two aces during the match, converting six of eight break points, and only made four double faults. On the other hand, Janice couldn't make an ace, made six double faults, and only converted two of the seven break points he got.
The journey to the third round at the Dubai Championship is Janice's best achievement in her appearance in the WTA 500 elite tournament. He had previously always stuck in the second round.
Before Dubai, Janice appeared at the Australian Open Grand Slam, WTA 500 Abu Dhabi, and WTA 1000 Qatar Open. He passed the first round in all three events, but lost in the next stage (vs Karolina Pliskova in Australia), (vsLiudmila Samsonova in Abu Dhabi), and (vs Iga Swiatek in Qatar).
Last year, Janice also made her Grand Slam debut at the US Open - fighting through qualifying and losing in the second round to Emma Raducanu - then fighting through qualifying at the China Open and losing to Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the first round.
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