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Australian Open qualifying: Britain's Francesca Jones on proving doubters wrong

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 she considers an "advantage".