Wild Card Lois Boisson has asked her home fans with a stunning fourth round of no. 3 Seed Jessica Pegula on Monday in the French Open in Paris.
Arranged No. 361 in the world, the 22-year-old Boisson gathered for a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory for a delighted crowd at the Philippe-Chatrier court in Roland Garros.
Boisson’s 2-hour, 40-minute breakthrough came in her first Grand Slam head table and only her second WTA Tour event, and became the first French woman to reach the quarterfinals since 2017.
Pegula, ranked no. 3 in the world, had a 4-3 lead in both the second and the third sets, but could not put Boisson away.
Boisson is the lowest ranked woman who has made a Grand Slam quarterfinals since no. 418 Kaia Kanepi during the US Open 2017, and the first woman to reach that round in her first major since Carla Suarez Navarro in Paris in 2008.
The next one for Boisson is number 6 seed Mirra Andreeva, who also continued in straight sets. The 18-year-old Russian broadcast practice partner and no. 17 Seed Daria Kasatkina 6-3, 7-5 to become the youngest woman who reached the last eight at the Clay-Court Major since Martina Hingis in 1997-98.
Andreeva, who conquered a 5-3 shortage in the second set, put together a 28-11 lead in winners and converted four of the seven break opportunities.
No. 2 Seed Coco Gauff went to her fifth consecutive French open quarterfinals with a 6-0, 7-5 victory against the 20th Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova in 82 minutes.
At the age of 21, Gauff is the fourth-young woman in the open era to take a streak that long behind Hingis (1997-2001), Stefanie Graf (1986-90) and Conchita Martinez (1989-93).
Gauff, a finalist in 2022, will be confronted with colleague -American Madison Keys in the quarterfinals. The seventh placed keys defeated Hailey Baptiste 6-3, 7-5.
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