{"id":7850,"date":"2023-04-08T03:13:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T03:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/francesca-jones-reaches-first-wta-semi-final-as-dan-evans-makes-last-four-of-grand-prix-hassan-ii\/"},"modified":"2023-04-08T03:13:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T03:13:23","slug":"francesca-jones-reaches-first-wta-semi-final-as-dan-evans-makes-last-four-of-grand-prix-hassan-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/francesca-jones-reaches-first-wta-semi-final-as-dan-evans-makes-last-four-of-grand-prix-hassan-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Francesca Jones reaches first WTA semi-final as Dan Evans makes last four of Grand Prix Hassan II"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Jones was told told by doctors from an early age that she would never be able to have a professional tennis career<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Britain’s Francesca Jones reached her first WTA semi-final in Bogota as Dan Evans advanced to the semi-finals of the Grand Prix Hassan II in Marrakech.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jones, ranked 817th in the world, beat Brazil’s world number 101 Laura Pigossi 6-4 6-2 at the Copa Colsanitas.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The 22-year-old will face second seed Tatjana Maria of Germany in Saturday’s semi-final.<\/span><\/p>\n

British number two Evans progressed with a straight-set win over Italian world number 201 Andrea Vavassori.<\/span><\/p>\n

Evans, who <\/span>ended a six-match losing streak<\/span><\/a> in the clay-court event’s previous round, trailed 5-3 in the second set but recovered to win 6-3 7-5.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 32-year-old will play Spain’s Roberto Carballes Baena, who beat Dutch fourth seed Tallon Griekspoor 6-3 2-6 6-2, next.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Jones’s impressive run in Colombia continues, having defeated third seed Nuria Parrizas Diaz of Spain before knocking out Canada’s Carol Zhao, ranked 174th in the world, in the last 16.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Briton was told at an early age by doctors that she would <\/span>never have a professional tennis career<\/span><\/a>, having been born with three fingers and a thumb on each hand, three toes on her right foot and four toes on her left.<\/span><\/p>\n

But she once again showed her fighting spirit on Friday, making the gap in the world rankings of over 700 places an irrelevance.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Across<\/span><\/span>\"Across<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n


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