Less than a month ago, Loys boison It was not sure that she was going to be able to play in the 2025 French Open.
He was ranked outside the top 500 and never played in a major draw. Boisson’s only hope was a wild card – and she was not expecting it. But the 22 -year -old received one from the French Federation of his home.
A few weeks later, Boison has ever performed the tournament one of the most memorable runs. She has gone to sensation overnight from virtual unknown in a fortnight nap.
On Wednesday, an enamored on the Philip-chatrier, playing in front of the crowd, Boisson became the first wild card in the open era Behind a stunning 7-6 (6) to reach the semi-finals in French, 6-3 wins on number 6 seed Mirra AndrevaShe is only the third woman in the last 40 years to reach the last four in her Grand Slam debut.
When it was over, Boison fell to the ground, thrown out the soil and his legs on his back, as he covered his face with his hands.
“We are looking at a star born right in front of our eyes,” said 18 -time prominent champion on television broadcasting.
After proceeding in the quarter -finals on Monday, Boison told reporters that she did not believe in anyone before the tournament if she told her what she was about to achieve. But on Wednesday, she looked far more sure about herself. And now, uncontrolled semi -finalists will have a chance to advance their name in record books as she faces No. 2 Coco goff On Thursday for a place in the final.
And when others could see her as a Cinderella, she clarified that she was far away from what she had already done.
“Yes, this is a dream,” Boisson told the media after his match on Wednesday. “I am sure I will go for a dream, because my dream is to win it, not in the semi -finals. So I will try to do my best for it.”
While she was dreaming of winning the French Open as she was a young girl, Boison’s goal for the past several years is just to play in the tournament.
After a success began in her 2024 season, in which she won three ITF titles and won the WTA 125 title in St.-Mlo, she was closer to achieving her goal. His ranking number 152’s career-high (which is, which is up to Monday), and his hard work was rewarded with a wild card for the French Open. He was removed.
After days, playing in the first round of another WTA 125 tournament, Boison’s dreams crashed in an instant as he tore his left ACL. Surgery quickly followed.
“I was finally completed on a tennis court, this process was going well, [an] Excellent team, I was going to play tournaments that I have dreamed that I have started playing tennis, “Boison Was written on Instagram at that timeWith a picture of himself in a hospital. “I went to the ground with ‘collapse’ in a week’s space, the joy of winning the first WTA title, ‘collapsed’ on the ground, because my knee was taken out and the pain was immense. The shock is violent, I did not imagine the rest of the season in this way.”
The recovery was slow and yearning at times. He spent nine months away from the competition. Her ranking, which she had worked so hard to achieve, was falling fast, and she was eager to return.
Boisson officially made his comeback in February and returned to Clay for her third tournament. Since switching to the surface, he has a record of 15–6, reaching the finals of two ITF events, and won the title in his final tournament before reaching Paris. (She also went viral for a regrettable comment Harriot dartWhich he defeated in a match in April, And his cheerful response To do this.)
While there was still nowhere, where it was, Boison’s ranking increased again. She was the number 361 in the world at the beginning of the French Open. But, with number 24 seeds Eleis Martens As a rival of his first round, some gave him a chance to reach the second round. According to ESPN Bet, he initially had 1,000–1 obstacles to win the title.
Boisson required three sets, but survived 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 to 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 for the biggest win of her career. Later it is impossible to “describe Jeet” Bhavna. “
His confidence continued to grow with each match. Boisson held Anhelina kalinina Only three total games in the second round. Partner French is playing Elsa jaquemot In the third round, he had to fight back after being bagelled in the second set. But this number was his shocking win over 3 seed Jessica pegula2024 US Open Runner-up, in the fourth round that was actually talking to everyone.
Playing on the Philipp-chestrier for the first time-Seve, namely, four years ago for a practice session-and with an emotional crowd behind him, Boison used his powerful Toppin Forehand and impressive movement, which was to fight back after leaving the first set. She won her first win over a top -10 player -it is more notable because she was never at all. Had to face A player was ranked in the top 60 before the start of the tournament.
“She really played well,” Pegula said after the match. “He has won a lot of matches that recently seem to, even though it is at the lower level and not at the WTA level, but it really does not matter when you are winning the match and the ways he plays really helps in those moments. I thought he had done a good job today.”
Against Andreva on Wednesday, the 18 -year -old Finome, reaching the semi -finals in Rolland Garos in 2024, became the first player since Monica Sales in 1989, defeating several top -10 players in his main draw debut. Boisson is now the first French woman to reach the semi -finals in the tournament Marian bartoli In 2011 and the youngest nationwide to create a round in any slam Ami marsmoNow in the Australian Open of 1999, Director of the French Open Tournament.
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“Yes, I think she is now showing that she is probably a better player than her ranking,” a defeated Andreva told reporters.
Women’s tennis is not a stranger to surprise the run on Major. Emma Redukanu The 2021 came to the US Open via qualifying as a virtual unknown, which was open to unconsciously and win the title. Jelna Ostapaneko And Berbora Crassicova Both were ignoring when they won their respective French Open titles. Even Ega swetecNow the four -time winner in Holland Garos was at number 54, when she first became a French Open champion in 2020. But, in many ways, even those stories are not compared to boyson.
And, as the players of the elite on the WTA tour have become fast consistent over the years, it is becoming even more difficult for the Cinderella-style run. In fact, this French Open first built all of the top eight seeds in the second week in the second week, as the Australian Open was in 2005. Boyson was the only unseen player to make the quarterfinal and only one in two to reach the fourth round. Other three semifinalists-gifts, top rank Aryana Sabalanka And the three-time defending champion Swetek-all is the leading champion and is almost undeniably top three players in the game.
Boisson is now estimated to be at number 65 in Monday’s ranking. If she were to defeat the goff, she would have climbed number 35. A title, while seems impossible, will be kept out of the top 20. Last month, his career earned more than just $ 148,000. He earned around $ 787,900 in this fortnight – a chance to become a millionaire overnight with an appearance in the final.
Gauf, who defeated Madison Keys In three sets during the first quarter -final match of Wednesday, it did not know who would be playing on Thursday when she spoke to the media. But it was clear that she was already preparing for Boisson – and knew that she could not take anything.
“Obviously she is doing a great tournament,” said Goff, who is trying to reach her second final in Rolland Garos. “I have some experience playing against a crowd that is probably not for you. This is something that I am looking for if it was done to happen … I think it’s just something that I will be mentally ready to be mentally ready what it is to happen and hope and be ready for it.”
Boisson told reporters that she would not be ready for her previous opponents in any different way and insisted that she does not think of going into the ranking. “We analyze the player’s game, and what I have to do with my game plan, and that’s it, that’s that is that.
No matter what happens on Thursday, Boisson’s career and life have undoubtedly changed forever. While she will not get a direct entry for Wimbledon, as the ranking deadline has passed, she has all, but has assured her location for the US Open and wants to play in the near future in almost any other tournament. But on Wednesday afternoon, just a few hours after the biggest moment of her professional life, she was not thinking of anything about her semi -final match.
And while others are surprised what he has achieved in Paris, not boisson.
“I don’t think it’s a miracle,” boisson said. “Certainly, I also have a little luck, but I think it’s just hard work [have] Keep [in] Since I started playing tennis and also with my rehabilitation and everything last year. It just [the] The result of hard work. Nothing else.”
