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indiana


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Yes Michael, good to see such renewed competition for our top 10.

And depthwise 13 British women in the top 400 on Monday ( and quite well within at that ) will be 2 more than there has been for a long time, certainly since at least the start of 2018 which is as far back as I can  readily check. So more than covering just the arrival of Naiktha. And indeed I suspect that it is the most within the top 400 in a considerable number of years.  



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Fran holding her own , 5-5 first set.

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Tie break in the first set

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Fran takes the first set 7-6 (6)

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First set in the bag

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Fran starts the second well 3-0 up with a break of serve

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Fran went 3-0 in the second set, but has been pegged back and it's on serve now.

Francesca Jones GBR 7-6(6) 4-3* [2] Jaqueline Adina Cristian ROM



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The 6th game in the second set was critical. Fran had 4 GPs to go 4-1 up, but failed to take any of them, and then got broken on the second BP against her that followed. This brought the set back on serve. She held for 4-3, but then lost the last three games.

She will need to reset again now. Yesterday she also lost the 2nd set, but then regrouped.

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So one set all as she lost the second set 4-6

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She is 4-1 up in the final set

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Ups and downs still. This time the very first game of the final set was crucial. Fran lost the first three points to go *0-40 down, but then won 5 pts in a row to hold service, and next game broke to go *2-0. But then she promptly lost her serve to love, but then broke again to 15, and this time held her serve to 15, winning 4 pts in a row again.

Now she's on a real row, won 8 pts in a row to go 0-40 up on Cristian's serve, and has broken again to 15. One game to go 7-6(6) 4-6 *5-1

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Francesca Jones GBR d. [2] Jaqueline Adina Cristian ROM 7-6(6) 4-6 6-1

Top work! biggrin



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Brilliant                                       winner.gif



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Wow, two in a row for Fran now. Just to add the rankings to Grachka's post, because it's a very good win for Fran, and is in fact just 3 off her CB win of 227!

F: JONES, Francesca (GBR) [SE] 455 beat CRISTIAN, Jaqueline Adina (ROU) [2] 230 (CH:201 March 18) 7-6(6) 4-6 6-1

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It's fantastic to see Fran have this winning run. Congratulations to her! biggrin



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