Around the grounds at the Porte D'Auteuil venue as singles quarterfinals are completed
Even a vintage Novak Djokovic performance to move into the 51st Grand Slam semifinal of his career couldn’t overshadow the really big story in Paris on Wednesday.
For the second time in three days the name Lois Boisson was up in lights after the French wild card and world No.361 shocked another top 10 player to reach the women’s last four.
This time it was teenage world No.6 Mirra Andreeva caught in the headlights - and deafened by the din under the Court Philippe-Chatrier roof - as Boisson wrapped up a memorable and unlikely 7-6(6), 6-3 victory to become the first French women’s semifinalist since 2011.
There are far too many mind-boggling facts and statistics associated with the 22-year-old’s breakthrough this fortnight to list here, so we put together an entire article on the subject while the result still sinks in.
She’ll play world No.2 Coco Gauff in Thursday’s semifinals after the 21-year-old won an all-American contest against Madison Keys 6-1 in the third.
Back to Djokovic’s performance to beat Zverev from a set down under the lights, a match that will be remembered for a 41-shot rally the Serb somehow survived to save break point at 3-2 in the fourth set.
The 38-year-old eventually wore down the world No.3 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 to set up a semifinal on Friday against Jannik Sinner. The world No.1 blew Alexander Bublik away for the loss of just six games during the afternoon session.
In the wheelchair events it was another good day for Brits Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid who began their bid for a sixth RG doubles trophy. Kate Clark rounds up the action across all the draws.
It’s women’s semifinals day on Thursday and the anticipation is building around another Iga Swiatek-Aryna Sabalenka meeting. Chris Oddo got amongst the crowds to gauge who’s favourite among the fans. And later in the day Boisson is back to face Gauff. Don’t forget your earplugs.
Ahead of the two big semifinals, Dan Imhoff asked legends Mats Wilander, Kim Clijsters and Flavia Pennetta who they fancy in the Iga-Aryna showdown, and Alix Ramsay digs a bit deeper into the two head-to-heads.
Early on Thursday at 12 noon Paris time the first trophy will be presented when the mixed doubles final takes centre stage on Chatrier.
Italians Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori face Americans Taylor Townsend and late bloomer Evan King for the silverware. Thirty-three-year-old King spoke to Chris Oddo about his recent success on the doubles court. The lefty from Chicago is still going strong in the men’s doubles too with Christian Harrison.
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