The fairytale lives on for Lois Boisson at the 2025 French Open with Mirra Andreeva her latest victim.
Boisson stunned the tennis world on Monday when she sent number three seed Jessica Pegula packing from a set behind, and now wonderkid Andreeva has followed suit.
The 22-year-old is living the dream right now, and it’s quite remarkable what she’s achieving given that she only returned from a torn ACL in February.
Boisson was left devastated last year after suffering the injury just a week before the French Open, and the recovery to this point has been an arduous one.
Mats Wilander shares where Lois Boisson should be ranked
Wilander claimed glory at Roland Garros as a 17-year-old pup, and he knows a thing or two about playing tennis at this event.
After watching Boisson defy the odds once again, the talk turned towards her world ranking, which should rise after this tournament.
The French player came into this tournament ranked 361 in the world, but Wilander believes she should be a lot higher up on that list.
He told TNT Sports: “She was absolutely brilliant. Technically, now that you see her play, she is actually really good. Her forehand is incredibly good.
“She spins her forehand more than the average man does in the top 50. You need some serious strength and she has it. She runs and moves unbelievably well. She has a beautiful slice backhand.
“She can hit aces. She literally has the whole game. You wonder if it’s just an injury which has kept her out of it, but also a mental thing.
“You hope this will give her the confidence because for me, she is a top 20 player on any surface with that kind of game.”
Mats Wilander on Lois Boisson having to play two matches back-to-back
It’s rare at a Grand Slam that anyone is expected to play two days running, but that is the predicament facing Boisson now.
She faces Coco Gauff tomorrow for a place in the French Open final, and after a thrilling match with Andreeva, that will be tough.
However, Wilander doesn’t actually view it as a major problem and thinks Boisson will prefer it this way.
He continued on TNT Sports: “The French are going to go nuts in the media, and she is not going to have a reason to know. She is not doing anything, she’s going to get out of here as quickly as possible and focus on the match.
“If she had a day off, can you imagine what tomorrow would look like? She would have to practice on one of the big courts because it would be chock-a-block. She is riding the wave, normal tournaments you play every day for three or four days in a row, if you do well, so I think it’s perfect. I actually think she has a really good shot of beating Coco Gauff, because she was not that great today.
Boisson is in fine form at the moment and with Gauff waiting for a first Grand Slam win since 2003, this represents a great opportunity for both players.
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