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Darren Walton

Local girl Jones loses Australian Open junior final

Renata Jamrichova (l) celebrates beating Emerson Jones (r) in the Australian Open girls' final. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Exciting 15-year-old prospect Emerson Jones has fallen short of joining tennis greats such as Evonne Goolagong Cawley on the Australian Open junior honour roll after losing the girls' final at Melbourne Park.

Jones, the daughter of Olympic medal-winning triathlete Loretta Harrop, went down 6-4 6-1 to Slovakian top seed Renata Jamrichova on Saturday.

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