French wild-card entry Loys boison Troubled by sixth rank Mirria Endeva 7-6 (6), 6-3 Wednesday to reach the semi-finals of the French Open in front of a bumpy and large-scale biased crowd in Rolland Garos on 6-3.
Andreeva repeatedly showed her disappointment with the crowd, as the excited fans chant “Lois, Lois” amid points, waved the oblique flags, shouted during the game and even appreciated the errors of Russian teenagers.
“It's incredible. Thanks to support me in this way. I have no words,” Boisson told the house crowd. “I ran a little bit because I was stressed very quickly, but I worked hard in that first set, which was very intense. At the beginning of the second, I felt a little empty, but I hung there and finished the work.”
A year ago, Boisson tore the ACL in his left knee exactly a week before his home's Grand Slam tournament began, preventing him from accepting the invitation to play. On Thursday, he will have a chance to move forward in the finals.
“It's incredible, no matter what happened last year and I had passed through all the difficult moments,” Boison said during his postmatch interview. “
22 -year -old Boison became the first woman to reach the semi -finals in her first Grand Slam tournament since Jennifer Kaiprati at the 1990 French Open. The Boisson Open Era (since 1968) also has the first female wild card to reach the French Open semi -finals.
He is the youngest French semi -finalist at a Grand Slam since Amelie Marsmo in Wimbledon in 1999. The last Frenchwoman to win the title at Rolland Garos, 25 years ago, was Mary Perers, 25 years ago to win the title.
“I don't think it's a miracle,” boisson said. “This is just the result of hard work. Nothing else.”
Boisson will face number 3 Coco goff In semi -finals after American star Dirty game And left the first set to beat Madison Keys 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-1.
The first set was marked by both players by speed swings and luxurious shots. Boisson found himself under a break twice, but every time he fought a fight every time, using heavy spin and deep groundstroke to harass your Russian opponent.
Andreeva became visually stressful at major points, struggling to maintain it and wasting the opportunity to close the set above 5-3. Despite saving three set points and forcing a tiebreaker, he eventually handed over the set to Boison with two consecutive backhand errors.
In the second set, Andreva strongly responded and ran at a 3–0 lead. But Boisson broke back with a thunderous backhand winner under the line, drawing a roar of approval from the vibrant crowd.
Andreeva received a warning after a regular forehand volley trap and angrily hit a ball in a stand. He then debated a call with the umpire that gave Boison a break point. At the next point, Andreva doubled and never recovered.
“It is common that they would support a French player, so I knew it was going to happen like this. I think in the first set, I managed it very well. [and] I really did not pay attention to it, “Andreeva said.” But obviously with the veins and with pressure, it became a little harder. ,
At number 361 in the WTA rankings, Boisson is the third lowest rank woman to reach the semi -finals in the last 30 years. Both Kim Classsters (2009 US Open) and Justin Henin (2010 Australian Open) were unpublished for their runs.
After the number 152 career reached a high level last year before the knee injury, Boison will climb at least number 68 on Monday. And this can be even more if she manages to pull the third straight shocker against Gauf.
An unpublished player has reached the French Open final twice in the last four years: Last Champion Berbora Crassicova In 2021 and Karolina in Civil In 2023.
“I think every child who plays the tennis has a dream to win a slam. To win the Rolland Garos for a French player, of course,” Boson said. “So yes, this is a dream. Surely, I will go for a dream – because my dream is to win it, not in the semi -finals.”
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
