The 2021 Eastbourne champion defeated Jones in just over an hour, as a difficult run-in to The Championships, Wimbledon continued for the British No.4 from West Yorkshire.

Keighley’s Jones will now turn her attention to the jewel in the grass court swing’s crown, which starts on Monday 29 June.

Jones said: “When Jelena has a good day, she has a good day. She’s pretty difficult to beat and she’s won here before, she’s very good on the grass.

“It’s been a really tough year for me, I’ve had a lot of ups and downs and I’m actually not playing bad tennis at all right now.

“I’ve not been exposed to that higher level [of competition] very often. The frustration of getting injured at my career high was that if you stay within your ranking bracket, you get exposed to this level consistently.

“It’s really good for me to see what the differences are, getting that exposure as I’m still so young in my tennis career.”

Ostapenko broke Jones’s serve in the first game and broke the world No.103 again at 5-2, before winning the first set 6-2 in 31 minutes.

Jones threatened to break back with the score at 2-1, but Ostapenko held on. The Latvian won nine of the last ten points in the first set.

The second set followed the same pattern as the first, with Ostapenko breaking Jones in her opening service game.

Brit Jones saved two match points before her Grand-Slam champion adversary secured a 6-2 6-2 win.

Jones had been competing at the Lexus Nottingham Open the week before, where she lost a first-round epic on Centre Court.

She went down 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (7-4) in just over three hours to Australia’s Talia Gibson.

Fran Jones during her dramatic defeat to Talia Gibson at the Lexus Nottingham Open. (Image: Jacob King/PA)

This year, the 2026 Lexus Eastbourne Open also hosts a WT500 wheelchair tournament from today, celebrating 50 years of the wheelchair game.

All three events come to a thrilling conclusion a day earlier than normal on Saturday 27 June, with a bonanza of finals tennis on the lawns of Eastbourne.

For the latest updates on the British summer grass court season, visit the LTA website, lta.org.uk