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.

No. 2 Coco Gauff reached her second career French Open final with a dominant 6-1, 6-2 win against unranked Lois Boisson in the French Open women's semifinals at Roland-Garros on Thursday.

Last year, the results were not so disastrous, with two survivors in the Round of 16. But this year, although it's still a bloodbath, one Frenchwoman - Loïs Boisson - has saved the day and is now heading for the semi-finals!