JAKARTA - Janice Tjen who paired with Marie Bouzkova managed to advance to the second round of the doubles sector, while Aldila Sutjiadi had to stop at the WTA 1000 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
Janice and Marie Bouzkova successfully defeated Jiang Xinyu/Ulrikke Eikeri after going through a super tie-break 6-2, 4-6, 10-5, while Aldila who was paired with Irina Khromacheva was forced to surrender by Alexandra Panova/Diana Shnaider with 5-7, 2-6.
Janice/Bouzkova, as reported by Antara, dominated the first set. They won 85.6 percent of the first service points, converting two of four break point opportunities, and only made one double fault while their opponents recorded four double faults, according to WTA statistics.
After winning the first set, Janice/Bouzkova faced pressure in the second set when their opponents rose. Eikeri/Jiang played aggressively by scoring one ace, converting two of five break point opportunities, and winning 55 percent of the first ball return points.
Eikeri/Jiang held the tie, and forced Janice/Bouzkova to play the decisive set. In the super tie-break, the Indonesian/Czech pair refocused to maintain the gap through good ball control to finally win in one hour 22 minutes.
Next in the second round, Janice/Bouzkova will meet the fifth seeded Canadian/Brazilian pair Gabriela Dabrowski/Luisa Stefani who defeated the Australian duo Kimberlu Birrell/Maya Joint with straight sets 6-3, 6-4.
Meanwhile, Aldila had to swallow a bitter defeat after returning to the first round of the WTA 1000 event.
In Dubai, Aldila/Khromacheva had to admit Panova/Shnaider's superiority who recorded more - three to one - better ball returns, also converting five of 12 break points to win the match which lasted for one hour and 19 minutes.
In Doha last week, Aldila, who also paired up with Khromacheva, was also stopped in the first round after losing to the fifth-seeded Qatar TotalEnergies Open 2026 Dabrowski/Stefani 5-7, 2-6.
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