One year ago, Lois Boisson had her tennis dream dashed. After tearing through the third rung of professional women’s tennis, the French Tennis Federation (FFT) awarded Boisson a wild card for the French Open…
Then a week before, at a minor tournament in Paris, Boisson tore her ACL in her left knee and missed nine months of tennis.
Twelve months after that pain, Boisson was on Court Philippe-Chatrier soaking in the adoration of a French crowd. She upset Jessica Pegula, the world No. 3, to reach the French Open quarterfinals.
Boisson is the first French woman to reach the last eight at Roland Garros since Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic in 2017 — beating Pegula 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.
On her second match point, Boisson sent a forehand inside-in and raised her arms to a roar that shook Chatrier. It was Boisson’s roar after the handshake, arms out and screaming into the sky, that made the past 12 months melt into air.
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Lois Boisson reaches French Open quarterfinals, stunning American No. 2 Jessica Pegula
