Montgomery ends Revathy run in Chennai to set up semi-final against top seed Tjen

Robin Montgomery of the United States broke serve five times to end the run of Indian wild card Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathy in the quarter-finals of the Chennai WTA 250 on Friday. The world No. 151 won 6-3, 6-3 in 1 hour 13 minutes and will face top seed Janice Tjen, who beat sixth seed Polina Kudermetova 5-7, 6-4, 6-2.

The 22-year-old reached her third career tour-level semi-final, after Auckland in 2025 and ‘s-Hertogenbosch this year, where she won her first WTA title. She was already the first American to reach the quarter-finals of the event.

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How Montgomery beat Revathy in Chennai

Montgomery broke straight back, held to love and broke again for 5-3 before serving out the set on her first set point. Revathy broke back for 4-2, but Montgomery broke once more to close the match on her first match point.

Montgomery won 78% of her first-serve points, while Revathy served five double faults and saved two of seven break points.

Montgomery opened her week by beating fourth seed Panna Udvardy of Hungary 6-4, 1-6, 6-1, then edged Jeline Vandromme of Belgium 6-4, 3-6, 7-5. She has never played Tjen.

Revathy, 17, was playing only her second WTA main draw and reached her first tour-level quarter-final. She became the first Indian tour-level quarter-finalist since Sania Mirza at Pattaya City in 2012. In Chennai, she beat eighth seed Katarzyna Kawa of Poland 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (5) and qualifier Weronika Falkowska of Poland 6-4, 6-3.

Chennai Open 2026 quarter-final results

Janice Tjen (1) d. Polina Kudermetova (6) 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
Robin Montgomery d. Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathy (WC) 6-3, 6-3
Mai Hontama vs Magda Linette (3)
Anastasia Zakharova (7) vs Lucrezia Stefanini (10)

In bold: today’s results.