AdvertisementOTHER TENNIS HEADLINES
- Wozniacki beats Razzano for Aegon title
- Becker wins first title at Ordina
- Jones to face Harkins at Futures semifinal
- Nadal withdraws from Wimbledon
- Tamarine upsets Safina to reach Ordina final
- Wozniacki, Razzano into Eastbourne final
- Federer aims to claim sixth Wimbledon
- Baghdatis out of Wimbledon due to knee injury
- Statham notches up another win in Egypt
- Defending champion Ferrer out of Ordina Open
- Injured Monfils pulls out of Wimbledon
- Nadal struggles in Wimbledon warm-up
- Razzano continues run at Eastbourne
- Ferrer cruises at Ordina Open
- Dementieva exits at Eastbourne
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Sacha Jones
Jones reaches final after match point battle
21 June 2009 07:42pmNew Zealander Sacha Jones had to battle back from match point to win her semifinal in the $US10,000 ($NZ15,575) ITF Futures tennis tournament in Brownsville, Texas.
Second seed Jones downed American qualifier Macall Harkin 2-6 7-6 6-4 to set up a final against Ester Goldfeld (United States).
Jones and Ashley Weinhold of the USA are top seeds in the doubles and play wildcards Harkins and Goldfeld (USA) in the final tomorrow.
On the men's ITF Futures Tour in Giza, Egypt, New Zealander Oliver Statham succumbed 4-6 4-6 to third seed Photos Kallias (Cyprus) in the semifinal.
