This Cinderella has not yet reached midnight. Lois Boisson, a French wild card, will go to the semifinals of Roland Garros.
The Dijon native defeated No. 6 seed Mirra Andreeva two days after shocking World No. 3 Jessica Pegula in the fourth round, her first-ever matchup with a player ranked in the Top 20, let alone the Top 10. 7-6(6), 6-3 to become the first French player to go to the semifinals of a home Grand Slam event since Marion Bartoli in 2011—and the first to do it as a wild card in the Open Era.
Roland Garros: Scores and Draws
After trailing in both sets, Boisson pulled off her second consecutive shocker in two hours and eight minutes. After falling behind 3-1 and 5-3 in the opening set, she managed to save two set chances to win a close tiebreak. She also maintained her composure as Andreeva lost the final six games after leading 3-0 in the second.
Boisson has made history in a number of ways with her five victories in Paris thus far. The 22-year-old is:
- The second player in the past 40 years to defeat multiple Top 10 opponents in her first Grand Slam main draw, following Monica Seles in Paris in 1989.
- The youngest French semifinalist at a Grand Slam event since former World No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo, who is currently the Roland Garros tournament director, at Wimbledon in 1999.
- The fourth player in the Open Era to reach her first tour-level semifinal at Roland Garros, and the third to do so in the previous five years, after Clarisa Fernandez (2002), Nadia Podoroska (2020), and Andreeva (2024).
- The third player to make it to the semifinals in her Grand Slam main-draw debut since 1980, after Seles and Jennifer Capriati, who did the same at Roland Garros in 1989 and 1990, respectively.
