Third seed Magda Linet came back from a set down and a break down before breaking through in the decider to beat Mai Hontama 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 in the quarter-finals in Chennai. The 2h37 march took the 2022 runner-up’s record to 6-1 and sent him into the semi-finals of the second round of the year. Hontama cannot become the first Japanese semi-finalist in Chennai.





























































