French Open 2025 results: Wildcard Lois Boisson reaches semi-finals with win over Mirra Andreeva

Boisson turned professional in 2021 and was playing on the third rung of the women's tennis tour last year.

She was building momentum in the run-up to the 2024 French Open, winning three ITF Circuit titles and a WTA Challenger event in May to earn a wildcard for her home Grand Slam.

But an ACL injury to her left knee shattered Boisson's dream of competing at Roland Garros and she was unable to bring herself to watch the tournament play out.

Boisson took every step to speed up her recovery, utilising neurovisual training, which included sight tests, buzzer reaction tests and using virtual reality headsets to keep her reactions sharp.

Those efforts paid off when she returned to action in February and earned a win over Briton Harriet Dart when making her return to the WTA Tour at the Rouen Open two months ago.

That match hit the headlines after Dart was forced to apologise to Boisson after asking the umpire to tell her opponent to put on deodorant.

But Boisson saw the funny side of the issue and later posted an edited photo of her holding some deodorant and telling toiletries company Dove they they "need a collab".

The match against Dart was just one of eight Boisson played between returning from injury and the start of the French Open.

Boisson is set for a major climb up the world rankings by the time her run concludes, with her live position up at 65th.

And despite beginning the tournament as the 24th-ranked women's player in her country, she is now the French number one.

The Dijon-born right-hander had never even played an opponent ranked in the world's top 50 before this run at Roland Garros but now boasts victories over three, including two ranked in the top 10.

Prior to beginning her campaign at the French Open, Boisson had won 130,000 euros (£109,492) in career prize money, but her run to the semi-finals has already secured her 690,000 euros (£581,152).

Should she beat Gauff in the semi-finals then she will be guaranteed 1.3m euros (£1.09m) and that rises to 2.5m euros (£2.1m) if she becomes the first French woman to win the singles crown since Mary Pierce in 2000.

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