Great Britain’s Fran Jones is into the semi-final of the Sao Paulo Open as she chases the first WTA Tour title of her career.<\/p>\n
The world No 85 beat Argentine second seed Solana Sierra 6-3 6-4 to book her spot in the last four at the hard-court WTA 250 event.<\/p>\n
Jones next faces world No 130 Janice Tjen from Indonesia on Saturday for a place in a first tour-level final, with the semi-final live on Sky Sports Tennis from 5pm.<\/p>\n
After feeling unwell in her previous match against Whitney Osuigwe, Jones said: “[I feel] a lot better. The day off yesterday really helped.<\/p>\n
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This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and other technologies. Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Twitter cookies. Enable Cookies<\/a> “I played a lot of tennis this year so sometimes the days off are really productive for me at the back end of the season. Really happy with today’s match, I played pretty clean.”<\/p>\n And on semi-final opponent Tjen, who beat third seed Alexandra Eala 6-4 6-1 to progress, Jones added: “She looks to be playing very good tennis.<\/p>\n “I really like her game style so I think it will be a fun match. We have some similarities as well, actually, so I’m looking forward to it.<\/p>\n Twitter<\/p>\n This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and other technologies. Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Twitter cookies. Enable Cookies<\/a> “But she’s playing great tennis, so it will be tough.”<\/p>\n The winner of the Jones-Tjen match will play either world No 84 Renata Zarazua or 19-year-old Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah, who is ranked 214th, in the Sao Paulo final.<\/p>\n
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