He had no ranking, he beat a former top 10 at the US Open and won the most important victory in his country in 20 years

The US Open has its first great history of the edition: Janice Tjencurrently No. 149 of the ranking and Absolute debutant in Grand Slamsdefeated the Russian Veronika Kudermetova (25th) in the first round, giving Indonesia his first victory in the main picture of a Major After 22 years of waiting.

Janice Tjen was born in Yakarta, Indonesia, in 2002. A little over 12 months ago, she had no ranking and climb, step by step, inside the ITF World Tennis Tour.

A year later, located among the 150 best tennis players, exceeded the classification of the United States Open with forceful performances on Varvara Lepchenko (6-3, 6-1), Maja Chwalinska (7-5, 7-5) and Aoi Ito (6-1, 6-2).

In the first round he took his achievement defeating Veronika Kudermetovaformer top 10, owner of two individual titles in the WTA Tour and Eighthofinalist of the US Open in 2022, 6-4, 4-6 and 6-4 in two hours of the party.

In this way, Tjen achieved the most important performance of his career and He gave Indonesia his first victory in the main team of a Grand Slam after 22 years of waiting.

In the last 15 months, the Asian representative lifted 13 individual titles getting 100 victories in 113 games played and climbed, since the beginning of 2024, without ranking until it is placed among the 150 best rackets in the world.

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