French Open: “Incroyable”: Boisson provides tennis sensation in Paris

When she wrote the next chapter of her Parisian tennis fairy tale, Lois Boisson dropped her back and hit her hands in front of her face. As the first wildcard player in the history of the French Open, the 22-year-old made it into the semi-finals at the classic classic and converted the Court Philippe-Chatrier into a rabid. Boisson, number 361 of the world, defeated the Russian Mirra Andrejewa 7: 6 (8: 6), 6: 3 in the quarterfinals and continued her famous triumphal march.

“It’s just incredible,” said Boisson against the world ranking sixth after her coup. “If someone had told me that two weeks ago, I wouldn’t have believed it.” She is the first French woman in a Paris semi-final since Marion Bartoli 14 years ago.

Boisson now against Gauff

Boisson meets the world ranking second Coco Gauff on Thursday. The American prevailed in the quarterfinals against her compatriot Madison Keys 6: 7 (6: 8), 6: 4, 6: 1. In the other semi-finals, the world ranking aryna Sabalenka from Belarus and defending champion Iga Swiadek from Poland are faced with each other.

For Boisson, her crazy run in the Stade Roland Garros should not end with the move into the semi -finals. “Every child who plays tennis dreams of winning a Grand Slam tournament. Every French child dreams of winning Roland Garros,” said Boisson. “My dream is not to stand here in the semi -finals, my dream is to get the title.”

Strange incident around Boisson

Boisson was only known to the French Open. Actually, the French woman should have given her Grand Slam debut in the French capital last year. But then Boisson contracted a cruciate ligament tear, had to pause a year. In the meantime there was even a career end in the room.

She then made headlines for the first time in mid -April – in an involuntary way. The British Harriet Dart complained to the clay court tournament in Rouen, France, that Boisson smell badly. “Can you tell her that she should use a deodorant? … because she smells really bad,” said Darts of the referee.

Boisson took the incident with humor. Then she posted a photo of herself on the square with a deodorant in a well -known brand inserted into the picture, marked the company and wrote: “Apparently need a collaboration”.

First Pegulla, now Andrejewa

Boisson was also asked about the incident several times at the French Open. Above all, it makes sporty headlines from Paris these days. In the round of 16, she had already brought Jessica Pegula from the USA to despair, now she was too strong for Andrejewa.

Especially with her powerful forehand, she kept putting the Russian into trouble. Nevertheless, Andrejewa initially had the game under control and even earned a set ball in the first round. But then the 18-year-old fluttered the nerves that Boisson got the first set in the tie-break after more than 80 minutes.

In the second set, Andrejewa seemed to get her nerves and the match under control again. The Russian moved to 3-0. But Boisson remained surprisingly cool for a player who had won a game on the WTA tour in front of the French Open this year. Driven by the not always fair French audience, the outsider fought her way back into the game. Andrejewa, on the other hand, completely lost the version – and after six lost games in a row, also the game.