Fran Jones left frustrated after French Open second round fightback comes up short at Roland Garros

The British No 4 from Bradford was hugely emotional after posting her first grand slam main draw win against Beatriz Haddad Maia in the opening round on Sunday.

Like her good friend Emma Raducanu, who played on the same court in her first-round defeat, Jones recovered admirably from losing 10 of the first 11 games only to ultimately go down 6-0 7-6 (3).

“I think as the match went on I got better and better,” said Jones. “I could see I was starting to get in her head a little bit. She was seeing a little bit less space on the court with my forehand.

“It’s a real shame, honestly, I didn’t get over the line in the second set, but it only would have made it a set all. You’ve got to then close it out in the third set. It was frustrating.”

The defeat means Katie Boulter, who takes on Anastasia Potapova in the same round on Thursday, is the last British singles player remaining.

Jones’ tears three days ago came partly from the challenges she has overcome as a result of the genetic condition Ectrodactyly Ectodermal Dysplasia, which means she only has three fingers and a thumb on each hand and seven toes, but mainly from what has been an incredibly tough season.

Having started the year ranked 72, Jones dropped outside the top 100 after a gluteal injury at the Australian Open was followed by a troubling concussion suffered in a freak gym accident.

Jones was completely outplayed by Czech Bouzkova for a set and a half but began to cause her opponent some trouble with her heavy forehand and clawed her way back from 4-1 to 4-4.

She made it four games in a row but twice missed the opportunity to serve out the set and force a decider before Bouzkova took six points in succession to win the tie-break and the match.

“I think I’m always going to make opponents feel uncomfortable,” said Jones.

“I don’t care what the score is. I will throw everything at you. I will throw every ounce of my mentality I’ve got at you, physically what I can.

“Obviously it’s great to get one match (win), but I’m not here to get one match. As much as I might look like I’m taking it well, I’m pretty peed off.”

The good news for Jones is that her first-round win should be enough to lift her ranking back into double figures and she will hope she can keep her momentum going on the grass.

Australian Open champion Elena Rybakina crashed out in the biggest upset so far at Roland Garros.

The second seed looked to be heading for a routine win when she took the opening set against Ukraine’s Yuliia Starodubtseva in the second round on a sweltering Court Suzanne Lenglen.

But Rybakina began to find life a lot more difficult and Starodubtseva, ranked 55 and in good form, won nine of the next 10 games to lead 3-0 in the decider.

The Kazakh player’s errors were far outpacing her winners as she toiled in the heat and, although she recovered to force a tie-break, Starodubtseva completed the biggest win of her career with a 3-6 6-1 7-6 (10/4) success.

Four-time champion Iga Swiatek comfortably avoided the same fate, easing into round three with a 6-2 6-3 win over young Czech Sara Bejlek.

In-form seventh seed Elina Svitolina had a much easier time of it after her first-round struggles, beating Kaitlin Quevedo 6-0 6-4.