Coco Gauff, French Open and Lois Boisson
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After an unfortunate first foray into the spotlight in April (yes, that infamous Harriet Dart deodorant moment), Lois Boisson is finally in the headlines for all the right reasons.
The biggest story of the French Open is a home wild-card entry who has surged to the semifinals. So why has she had not top billing?
World No. 2 WTA player Coco Gauff delivered a clear message to Lois Boisson ahead of their Roland Garros semifinal match.
World No. 361 Lois Boisson earned her second consecutive win over a Top 10 player at Roland Garros to become the first French semifinalist in Paris in more than a decade.
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. A week before, at a minor tournament in Paris, Boisson tore her anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee and missed nine months of tennis. She didn’t even watch the tournament on television.