Australian Open qualifying: Britain’s Francesca Jones on proving doubters wrong
‘Doctors said I would never become a professional’ Francesca Jones has lost count of the number of times she has been wheeled in for surgery and the number of times she has been told a professional tennis career is out of the question. Born with three fingers and a thumb on each hand, three toes on her right foot and four toes on her left, the 20-year-old is now preparing for her first overseas Grand Slam qualifying draw. It is reward for reaching a career-high ranking of 241, and perhaps for refusing to dwell on the downsides of her congenital condition. In fact, it is something...
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