JAKARTA - Janice Tjen immediately swallowed defeat in her first match at the 2026 Charleston Open. She took the suitcase from the WTA 500-level tournament after losing to McCartney Kessler.
Janice did not put up a fierce fight in the two-game match against the United States' home representative with a final score of 2-6 and 1-6 at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, Indonesian time.
This latest defeat adds to Janice's long list of unsatisfactory results in this year's calendar, especially in the women's singles.
This is Janice's fourth consecutive defeat in her first match. The tennis player who got a blank draw in the first round of the Charleston Open had previously also crashed early at the Merida Open, Indian Wells, and Miami Open.
Janice was really far from a good performance in the duel against Kessler. He was only recorded to have 48 percent of the points from the first serve, failed to make an ace, and only converted one of six break points.
The 2026 Charleston Open is the 10th tournament that Janice has participated in this year's competition calendar. Of all those opportunities, her best result was reaching the third round in the WTA 1000-level Dubai Championship.
In addition to the singles result, Janice was also unlucky in the doubles at the 2026 Charleston Open with Aldila Sutjiadi. They immediately lost in the first round against top seeds Aleksandra Krunic/Zhang Shuai with a final score of 6-7 and 5-7.
Janice has played a total of nine doubles numbers in this year's calendar. His best result in the sector was to climb to the podium at the WTA 250 Hobart International with his partner from Poland, Katarzyna Piter.
The Jakarta-born tennis player is then scheduled to play in the Madrid Open which takes place on April 21-May 3, 2026. Currently, the name of the 23-year-old tennis player is already on the list of players who will compete in that event.
The competition in the tournament will certainly not be easy for Janice because the names of elite tennis players, such as Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina, and Coco Gauff, are included in the list. The three names currently occupy the top three rankings in the world.
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