Briton Francesca Jones claimed her second Challenger Tour title in dominant style with a 6-3 6-2 win in opposition to Anouk Koevermans in Palermo.
The 24-year-old will climb to 84th on the earth when the rankings are launched on Monday – the primary time she has featured inside the highest 100.
England’s Jones misplaced within the first spherical at Wimbledon earlier this month however has since gained successive Challenger Tour occasions on clay and is at the moment the fourth alternate for the primary draw of subsequent month’s US Open.
She broke her Dutch opponent to steer 5-3 after which served out to take the opening set.
Jones, who didn’t drop a set on the Palermo Women Open, carried that momentum into the second and broke once more within the opening recreation, earlier than going up a double break at 4-1 and sealing the success.
The Bradford-born participant reached her first WTA semi-final in 2023 however struggled to construct on that run and has by no means been past the primary spherical at a Grand Slam occasion.
Fellow Briton George Loffhagen got here up quick in his first Challenger Tour last, shedding 6-7 (4-7) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 in opposition to Spain’s Nicolas Alvarez Varona in Segovia.
