BRITISH No 3 Naomi Broady has broken into the world's top 100 for the first time after winning an ITF tournament in the United States.

The 25-year-old former Woodhouse Grove School pupil from Stockport, who saved two set points in the first set tie-break, beat American wild card Robin Anderson 6-7 (6-8) 6-0 6-2 in the final of the Dow Corning Tennis Classic in Michigan.

On the back of that ninth ITF singles title, Broady jumped from 112th to 96th in the WTA rankings, joining fellow Britons Johanna Konta (28) and Heather Watson (84) in the top 100.

Broady, who also pocketed $15,200 in prize money and served 14 aces, said: "It's seen as such a milestone in tennis to break into the top 100.

"It was one of my goals for the year but it's definitely been hard. It takes a lot of points to break into the top 100 and I'm really happy I've done it."

Broady, who now has a 3-1 record against Anderson, added: "Robin's a fantastic player. I've played her a couple times before, so I knew it would be a really difficult match.

"I just tried to stick to my game-plan, and even after I lost the first set, I just kept believing in myself and I managed to keep my composure and come back in the end."

The first set showed Broady, who is 6ft 2in, and 22-year-old 5ft 3in Anderson, from Long Branch, New Jersey, to be evenly matched, Anderson saving two break points in the 11th game before winning the tie-breaker 8-6 on her third set point.

Broady broke Anderson three times on the way to sweeping the second set, despite having to save five break points, and broke the American in the fourth and eight games of the final set.

Broady's success was part of a weekend of triumph for Briton, following Beverley's Kyle Edmund's victory over Dan Evans in the first all-British Challenger final for more than a decade.

The 21-year-old Yorkshireman won 6-3 6-2 against Birmingham's Evans at the Dallas Challenger event earlier on Sunday, meaning he will rise to a career-high ranking of 84.

There was also victory for Liam Broady – Naomi's younger brother – at a Futures event in Glasgow.