Wildcard Boisson drinks in French Open fairytale run after reaching semis

Home player delights crowd with 7-6 (6), 6-3 victoryRussian is punished for striking ball into the standsWildcard Loïs Boisson stunned the sixth seed Mirra Andreeva to reach the semi-finals of the French Open. The 22-year-old Frenchwoman, ranked 361 in the world, pulled off her second scarcely believable upset in the space of two days with a 7-6 (6), 6-3 victory.Boisson dropped to the clay with her hands over her eyes in emotional scenes before cupping her ear to the crowd on a packed, raucous Court Philippe-Chatrier. It was all too much for Russian teenager Andreeva, who had two set points in the first but suffered a complete meltdown in the second. She told the crowd to “shut up”, received a code violation for striking a ball into the stands, burst into tears and forced her mother Raisa to leave her player’s box.This report will update shortly Continue reading...

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