{"id":738115,"date":"2026-06-15T13:13:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/738115\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T13:13:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:13:15","slug":"tennis-wta-nottingham-2026-francesca-jones-kicks-off-british-action-in-nottingham-where-she-faces-australias-talia-gibson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/738115\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis | WTA Nottingham 2026 | Francesca Jones kicks off British action in Nottingham where she faces Australia\u2019s Talia Gibson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Ros SatarFrancesca Jones [WC] v Talia GibsonNOTTINGHAM, UK \u2013 Francesca Jones will be the first Brit to get underway at the Nottingham Open, where she faces Talia Gibson in her opener.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Francesca Jones [WC] v Talia Gibson | H2H: First MeetingFrancesca Jones [WC] v Talia GibsonH2H: First MeetingWTA NottinghamUKGrassPrize Money: $3,065Second on Centre Court, not before 1pm BSTBBC iPlayer and BBC Sport Online<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/britwatchsports.com\/francesca-jones-gbr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Francesca Jones<\/a> leads off the British challenge in Nottingham, where she faces Australia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennisabstract.com\/cgi-bin\/wplayer.cgi?p=TaliaGibson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Talia Gibson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tale of the Tape \u2013 Key Stats (2026)H2H:Francesca Jones (WR 99)Talia Gibson (WR 66)Tournament Previous BestQF (2024)Qualification (2024)1st Serve Return Points Won %37.634.4Return Points Won %43.241.5Break Point Conversion %38.844.0Break Points Saved %50.752.6Overall Service Points Won %52.159.0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jones is more aggressive in her return games, but Gibson handles the clutch points better.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.connectedclubs.co.uk\/?wpam_id=24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-56592 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Connected-Clubs-Graphic.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Playing Styles &amp; Prediction<\/p>\n<p>Jones will be counting on the home crowd to get right behind her when she faces the aggressive baseline play of Gibson. The pair will go toe-to-toe in terms of hitting the cover off the ball, with Gibson\u2019s strong serving and attacking play on second serves so far standing her in good stead.<\/p>\n<p>Jones will scrap for the ball and while Gibson seems quite stoic, Jones definitely brings fire and feistiness.<\/p>\n<p>Prediction: Jones in three sets.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How to Watch\/Follow WTA Nottingham<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Ros SatarFrancesca Jones [WC] v Talia GibsonNOTTINGHAM, UK \u2013 Francesca Jones will be the first Brit to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":738116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,282821,85,747,356437],"class_list":["post-738115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-francesca-jones","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-wta-nottingham"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=738115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/738116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=738115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=738115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=738115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}