Lois Boisson: The Cinderella story of Roland Garros 2023
Lois Boisson: The Cinderella story of Roland Garros 2023
After an unfortunate first appearance in April (yes, this infamous deodorant-ml " Harriet Dart ) Lois Boisson is finally in the spotlight for the right reasons. The French woman appeared as a wildcard player at the French Open and is currently in number 361 in the world rankings. On Monday, Boisson managed to defeat Jessica Pegula after a lost sentence and thus to move into the quarter-finals of the tournament.
a historical success for Lois Boisson
With her impressive victory over Pegula, Boisson is the lowest-placed player, who has moved into the quarter-finals since Serena Williams (451) in her Grand Slam comeback after the birth of her first daughter at the French Open. According to the statistics of the wta she has now also broken the record, as a lowest -placed player in the quarterfinals of one of the four large tennis tournaments to move in since the 418th placed Kaia Kanepi in 2017 at the US Open.First successes at the WTA Tour
Boisson, which was born in Dijon, made her debut on the WTA Tour in 2021 and won her first WTA 125 title in Saint-Malo in May 2024. In addition, she was on an impressive 18-match winner in the ITF series until her injury and climbed to 152 in the world. They had positioned their previous achievements as a promising player who had earned a place in the main field of the French Open, but a a week before the start of the tournament forced them to start a one week before nine -month break.
overcoming adversity
After their cruciate ligament and meniscus surgery, Boisson divided their experiences into Instagram I wanted to take part in the tournaments, since I Tennis started.
Boisson reaches the quarter -finals
Since her return at the end of February, Boisson has managed to celebrate her first career gain in her first match against a player among the top 25, Elise Mertens. Now she has won her first victory against a player in the top 5 with Pegula - both in her first attempts. That is two victories in two games against opponents with a total of 17 WTA individual titles.
The last French hope
Boisson is the last French representative who remains in the individual competitions of men and women - and since moving into the round of 16. Now Boisson meets the 6th Teenager Wonderkind Mirra Andreeva in the quarterfinals.
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