Wild Card Lois Boison on Monday thrilled fans of her home in a stunning fourth round of No. 3 Seed Jessica Pegula at the French Open in Paris.
At the number 361 rank in the world, 22-year-old Boison held rallies to win 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 before a happy crowd in the court Philip-Charos in Rolland Garos.
Boisson’s 2-hour, 40-minute success came into its first Grand Slam Main Draw and became the first Frenchwoman to reach the quarter-finals only in his second WTA Tour event, only in his second WTA Tour event.
Pegula, both at number 3 in the world, both the second and third sets had a 4-3 lead, but could not overcome the Boison.
Boisson 2017 is the lowest rank of a Grand Slam quarterfinal since number 418 Kaya KanaP at the US Open, and the first woman to reach her first head since Carla Suarez Navaro in Paris in 2008.
The next number 6 Seed for Boisson is Mirra Andreeva, who also moved into straight sets. 18-year-old Russian excluded the practice partner and number 17 Seed Daria Kasatina from 6-3, 7-5 to 7-5, which became the youngest woman to reach the last eight in the Clay-Clay Major since Martina Hingis in 1997–98.
Andreeva, who crossed the 5-3 deficiency in the second set, compiled a 28–11 lead in the winners and replaced four of the seven brake opportunities.
Number 2 Seed Coco Goff in its fifth French Open Quarterfinals 6–0, 20th seeded Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova in 82 minutes with a win of 7-5.
At the age of 21, the goff is the fourth youngest woman in the open era, which records a streak recording a streak behind Hingis (1997–2001), Stephanie Graph (1986–90) and Consita Martinez (1989–93).
Gauf, a finalist in 2022, will face partner American Madison Keys in the quarter -finals. Seventh seeded Keys defeated Haley Baptist 6-3, 7-5.
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