Mai Hontama, in an archive photograph taken on 2026-06-23. This is not a photograph of the November 2026 Chennai match. Photo: “Hontama WMQ26 (7)” © sirobi 2026, si.robi / Flickr, CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and JPEG re-encoded; no crop or content changes.
Mai Hontama advanced to the second round of the Chennai Open on Tuesday, November 3, defeating fifth seed Mananchaya Sawangkaew 7–6(3), 6–2.
The opening set was the closer of the two. According to the WTA’s official match summary, Hontama recovered from a late break deficit before taking the set in a tiebreak.
Hontama won that tiebreak 7–3, then conceded only two games in the second set to complete a straight-sets victory at the WTA 250 tournament.
The match was played on Court 2. Sawangkaew’s singles campaign ended in the first round, while Hontama moved into the last 16.
