Chennai, Oct. 10 -- Twentyfour-year old Janice Tjen of Indonesia will defend the title as the top seed--the first Asian to get the pride of placings -- in the 3rd edition of the Chennai Open International Women's Tennis Championship-a WTA 250 event, and India's highest international ranking tournament to be played here from November 2-8.
Chennai has hosting an ATP250 event for two decades and is now all set to host the third edition of a similar event for women.
Releasing the 23 players in the main draw, represented by 22 countries -- the highest ever international representation in Chennai event so far, the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association (TNTA) President and former Davis Cupper Vijay Amritraj said the field comprised 11 players from the t...