Russian teenager was crying and completely breaking

All semi -finalists are already known at the French Open. Arina Sabalenka and Igi Šwiatek have joined an American today Coco Gauff and French Lois Boisson. While Gauff with 6: 7, 6: 4 and 6: 1 chased away a countryman Madison Keysis a domestic surprise of the Boisson tournament with 7: 6 (3) and 6: 3 eliminated Miro Andrejevo.

The French tennis player is a true sensation of this year’s Roland-Garros competition, where he plays with a special invitation of the organizers. After she had a harder injury to her left knee after three years in qualifying before last year, which made her career threatened, he now plays great in front of home spectators. In the eighth finals she stopped the third seed Jessico Pegulaand now she has eliminated sixth seed Miro Andreeva.

The Russian teenager had a chance in the first set, including two closing balls to win, but wasted them, making it nervous. In the second set, however, after a 3-0 lead, it broke completely. She quarreled with the audience, even cried against the spectators to silence, sent the ball to the stands, cried and forced her mother to leave the loggia prematurely.

Boisson welcomed her nervousness with her open arms, won six games in a row and came to a victory that will take her among the top 100 actresses in the world. “Amazing. After a very intense first set, my focus dropped at the beginning of the second. The desire was great, maybe even too big, and everything was too fast. But I managed to calm down, gather and win. It is difficult to describe emotions after winning such an audience. I really felt a lot of support and I am grateful for that, ”said the first Frenchman after Marion Bartoli (after 2011), which broke into the semi -finals of the domestic grand slam tournament.

Coco Gauff didn’t shine

This year, before Paris, she won only one duel of the main part of the tournament, in April in Rouen (WTA 250). Her competitor in the semifinals will be the second bearer of Gauff. The American star has lost the opening set to the winner of this year’s first Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne after a 1: 4 lag in the extended game, but in the other two sets she returned and came to her third semi -finals in this tournament.

Coco Gauff will also play in the semifinals. Photo: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP

“I didn’t shine. There were too many mistakes, but most importantly, I pulled out, « was, after the victory of goodwill, Gauff, who had already focused on the semi -final duel with the home heroine: » He plays great with the audience. I have nothing against cheering if this is respectful. It is perfectly normal for a domestic audience to encourage her heroine, and she would do the same herself. But the encouragement must be in a sporting way. «