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Britain’s Fran Jones was helped off court in a wheelchair after collapsing during a match in Colombia.<\/b><\/p>\n
Jones was attempting to serve in the ninth game of a deciding third set in Bogota when she fell to the floor.<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old initially lay on her back before rolling on to her side as she was attended to by medical staff.<\/p>\n
Opponent Julia Riera walked over to check on Jones and helped lift her on to a wheelchair.<\/p>\n
Jones, the British number five, was unable to finish the first-round match in the Colsanitas Cup, a WTA 250 tournament.<\/p>\n
“Due to a physical issue, Francesca Jones has withdrawn from her match against Julia Riera at 6-2 5-7 5-3 in favour of the Argentinian,” read a Colsanitas Cup statement.<\/p>\n
“We wish the British tennis player a speedy recovery.”<\/p>\n
Jones beat Riera in straight sets last week on her way to winning the W75 Vacaria in Brazil, the eighth ITF title of her career.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Heather Watson is out of the Charleston Open after a straight-set defeat by Iryna Shymanovich in the first round.<\/p>\n
The British number seven was beaten 7-6 (10-8) 6-4 by the Belarusian world number 215.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n