JAKARTA – Indonesian women’s tennis player Janice Tjen is confirmed to have taken her luggage from the second round of the 2026 Australian Open Grand Slam after losing to former world number one from the Czech Republic, Karolina Pliskova.
Janice has not been able to go far in the Grand Slam opening season after losing in a two-set match 4-6 and 4-6 at Melbourne Park, Victoria, on Thursday, January 22, 2026.
This is the second time Janice has suffered a second-round defeat at a Grand Slam event. He previously debuted in the 2025 US Open from the qualifying round and then lost in the second round against Emma Raducanu.
Despite losing, Janice performed so satisfying throughout the match. The 23-year-old tennis player even managed to win the first set.
However, Pliskova immediately bounced back to secure the following three games to take the lead. Janice responded and managed to win the fifth game to narrow the point gap.
Pliskova then held a serve in the sixth game and managed to use it to get points. Janice managed to hold one set point before Pliskova managed to take the lead to 4-2.
Janice continued to try to keep the points gap by winning the next game which was dramatic. However, Pliskova did not want to give Janice the opportunity to equalize the score.
In the ninth game, Janice came back and narrowed the gap to 4-5. However, Pliskova performed well in the 10th game, securing all points to take the lead.
In the second set, Janice lost the first two games, then managed to cut the gap to 2-3. The chase for points was tight again like the first set, but Janice, who had led the 10th game, found it difficult to stop Pliskova’s serve.
Despite losing in the second round, Janice is entitled to a prize money of 225 thousand Australian dollars or around Rp. 2.5 billion because she can step into the second round of the 2026 Australian Open.
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