Jones' winning streak ends in Arizona

Published: 3:06PM Monday November 16, 2009 Source: NZPA

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The hot winning streak of New Zealand tennis player Sacha Jones came to an end in the United States on Monday.

Jones went down 0-6 0-6 to American second seed Varvara Lepchenko in the final of the $68,175 Goldwater Classic hard court event in Phoenix, Arizona.

It was the 19-year-old's first loss in 25 matches on the ITF Pro Circuit Tour.

Jones won three successive tournaments in Australia last month before extended her winning streak further by winning the final of a $33,636 tournament at South Carolina last week.

Her current world ranking of 213th is expected to improve further despite Monday's loss.

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