The Palermo title is on the line on Sunday, when Fiona Ferro meets Francesca Jones. Francesca Jones brings a 9-match winning streak into this one, 9-1 across the last ten. Fiona Ferro has won 4 in a row and 5 of the last 10 overall.
The two have never played — a first meeting always adds a layer of uncertainty the numbers can't fully capture.
Neither the serve numbers nor the ratings separate these two by much, which is why our number stays close to even. Ferro comes in off a compressed schedule; Jones comes in off a compressed schedule. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Jones is exactly that — a lean.