Britain’s Francesca Jones made it back-to-back wins on the Challenger Tour by efficiently defending her title on the Palermo Girls Open.
The highest seed beat Fiona Ferro 6-0 4-6 7-6 (8-6) in two hours and 43 minutes.
Jones, who had dropped one set all event, took the opener in simply 21 minutes.
The 25-year-old then fought again from 3-0 down to steer 4-3 within the second, however Ferro reeled off three straight video games to stage the match.
A good deciding set went all the best way to a tie break, the place the French seventh seed spurned match level at 6-5, permitting Jones to shut out victory.
It was her fourth profession win on the Challenger Tour and second in eight days, following a victory on the ATV Rome Open.
“We each deserved to win. It was an in depth match till the top, and we did the whole lot we may,” mentioned Jones, who beat Anouk Koevermans of the Netherlands to win the title in 2025.
Bradford-born Jones will rise from 113 to 110 within the WTA rankings on Monday following this success.
