The British tennis player Francesca Jones, born with four fingers on each hand, qualified for her first tournament of Grand Slam, by beating the china Lu Jia-jing in the last qualifying round for the Australian Open.
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Fran Jones, 20, affected by an abnormality of embryonic development, causing her to have only eight fingers on her hands and seven on her feet, swept Lu 6-0, 6-1.
“My syndrome is very rare. It is complicated because there are many symptoms. Mine are that I have three toes on my right foot, four on the left and four on each hand,” explained the young tennis player, 20, in a published interview on the site of the International Tennis Federation (ITF).
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“The doctors told me that I couldn’t play tennis. And my reaction was: ‘Since you said that, I’m going to prove them wrong“He added in a determined voice.
So far, Fran Jones, who has the ambition to “become a big name in the sport”, had failed twice in the first round of Wimbledon qualifications in 2018 and 2019.
The doctors told me that I couldn’t play tennis. And my reaction was, ‘Since you said that, I’m going to prove them wrong.
The genetic disease you have is a form of ectrodactilia, which is characterized by a malformation of the limbs, and is “a great balance problem.”
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“When you have fewer toes, it is more difficult to put weight on your feet,” he explains, specifying that due to this disease he has a greater risk of injury.
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