Saturday, May 31, 2025

RG.7- French Twist

A year later, Lois Boisson has lived up to the hype.




Had Boisson, the 22-year old French wild card, been able to play Roland Garros in 2024, *maybe* she would have played her way into the second week. After all, she was 31-7 on the year, and won three ITF titles a 125 at Saint-Malo through the first five months. Having nearly cracked the Top 150, she earned a WC from the FFT for what would have been her maiden slam MD appearance. But in her final event (another 125 *in* Paris) the week before play was to begin on the terre battue she torn her anterior cruciate ligament and missed the rest of the season.

She returned in February after nine months of rehab and preparation, and found a few moments of relative adversity in her return. In Rouen, her 1st Round opponent, Brit Harriet Dart, asked the chair umpire to tell Boisson to put on deodorant because she smelled bad. The Pastry beat Dart, then "won" the story afterward by posting on social media a photo that joked that she was now being sponsored by Dove soap. A round later, Boisson let slip a 6-1/5-1 lead vs. Moyuka Uchijima and lost after having held a MP and twice served for the win.

But just as she let Dart's moment roll off her back, Dart pushed forward without delay, winning her first tournament title (a $75K) since the injury in her final appearance before belatedly heading to Roland Garros, *again* armed with a well-deserved wild card berth in her first career major MD.

So far, it couldn't have gone any better.

Ranked #361, Boisson has danced like no one is watching at this Roland Garros, opening with a three-set win over #24 Elise Mertens, then following that up with a solid 1 & 2 victory over Anhelina Kalinina. On Saturday, she faced off with another French wild card, Elsa Jacquemot, in the 3rd Round with a berth in the second week at stake.

After winning the opening set, Boisson dropped the 2nd at love. She admitted afterward that her repaired knee was hurting, but that she's used to dealing with and playing through the pain. In a deciding 3rd set that opened with six holds of serve between the two, the next five games featured breaks. Boisson served for the match once, but couldn't complete the task, but on her second try once more triumphed in the face of annoyance, holding to win 6-3/0-6/7-5.



The last French woman standing at this event, as well as the last remaining wild card, Boisson is just the third woman in the 2020s to reach the Round of 16 in her major debut event, matching the runs of wild card Emma Raducanu (2021 Wimbledon) and qualifier Maria Timofeeva (2024 AO) this decade. Raducanu, of course, went on to win the U.S. Open in her *second* slam MD (as a qualifier) that same year.

Boisson may not yet be up to such outlandish possibilities, but the promise that clung to her name a year ago has now only gotten brighter after having the opportunity to compete.

Give her some time. Look at what she's done after a year in which she was barely able to play at all.









=DAY 7 NOTES=
...in 2025, Dasha Kasatkina has learned -- maybe both on court *and* off -- not to sweat "the small stuff."

The former Hordette exchanged her Russian citizenship for a new home in Australia (maybe this off season she'll actually get one of those Down Under) amidst her comments in opposition to the ongoing war between her former nation vs. Ukraine and the potentially dangerous situations for LGBTQ+ individuals within the nation's borders. Kasatkina made the switch this spring while also navigating what has been a very uneven season between the lines.

Thankfully, for Dasha, she's played her best when the stages have been the biggest. Prior to the start of Roland Garros, where she reached her lone major SF in 2022, by far Kasatkina's best result in '25 had been a Round of 16 result at the Australian Open, her first in slam play since 2023 and career best AO result (completing a Career Round of 16 Slam). Aside that from run, though, she'd gone just 8-11 elsewhere.

Actually, she'd left January having had an Adelaide QF in Week 2 before the AO 4th Round result, and put up a 6-3 mark in Australia. She was 8-5 overall through the Middle East part of the schedule that followed, as well. But since then Kasatkina hadn't recorded multiple wins in an event since February and opened play in Paris having lost four of her last five clay court matches. But, back on the major stage, Paris has allowed the Aussie swashbuckler to rediscover her sweet spot on the court.



On Saturday, the #17 seed took out #10 seed Paula Badosa, 6-1/7-5, notching her first Top 10 win of the season and first since playing on the grass in Eastbourne last summer. Kasatkina is 6-1 in majors this year, and has played into the second week in Paris three of the last four years.

...three of Kasatkina's former countrywoman join her in the Final 16. After Liudmila Samsonova advanced to her first RG 4th Round on Friday, #20 Ekaterina Alexandrova did so today, defeating yet another Hordette in Veronika Kudermetova, 2 & 2. It's just Alexandrova's second career second week run at a major, along with the '23 Wimbledon. She'd been 0-3 in her RG 3rd Round career, and 1-8 in all majors at this stage before today.

Joining that group, of course (as it just seems as if it's expected now), is #6 Mirra Andreeva, as the 18-year old pushed her career RG win total to ten by defeating #32 Yulia Putintseva. She's the youngest to reach double digits in Paris since a 16-year old Martina Hingis in 1997.

It took Hingis three RG appearances to reach 10 wins, which she did by reaching the final that year (she was upset by Iva Majoli, a defeat that ultimately kept the Swiss from completing a true Grand Slam that season as she won the other three slam events). Hingis never won the RG singles title, the only of the twelve major titles (slam WS/WD/MX) that she failed to capture in her career.

This is also Andreeva's third RG MD appearance.

...there were more Bannerettes in the women's draw (at 19) than those of any nation, so it's not shocking that the five that have reached the Round of 16 are also the most. Four punched their ticket on Day 7.

#3 Jessie Pegula was the first to do it, completing her match early in the day by coming back from a set down to defeat former finalist Marketa Vondrousova, 3-6/6-4/6-2. It's Pegula second 4th Round run in Paris (w/ '22 QF), but comes after what had been a disappointing Madrid/Rome swing (3r/3r) after the veteran had claimed her first career clay title in Charleston earlier this spring.

Hailey Baptiste (#70) won the all-unseeded contest with Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, 7-6/6-1, to join Lois Boisson as one of the two slam 4th Round newbies.



Three of the four U.S. women ranked in the Top 10 are still alive in Paris, with #2 Coco Gauff and #7 Madison Keys also both posting wins today to join Pegula.

Gauff avoided going three, defeating Marie Bouzkova 6-1/7-6 to reach her seventh consecutive Round of 16 at a major, the longest such streak of the remaining women, though Aryna Sabalenka has *actually* done so in the last *ten* slams that she's played, having miseed last year's Wimbledon with a shoulder injury (but with a seven-event 4th Rd.+ stretch prior to that).

Gauff, in her fifth straight 4th Round in Paris (she reached at least the QF in the other four), has played into the second week at 10 of the last 11 majors. Her only miss was that 1st Round loss to Sofia Kenin at Wimbledon in 2023, the "last straw" defeat that led to all the changes and Gauff's title run at Flushing Meadows later that summer.

Speaking of Kenin, she *almost* joined Gauff in the 4th Round at this RG, but the #31 seed fell to #7 Keys in three sets after having held three MP late in the final set.

Kenin had won the 1st set vs. Keys by playing all the big points better. Keys had claimed her first two serve games at love, and maintained that lead in total points throughout the set, but saw Kenin break for a 4-3 lead then later serve out a game to take the lead in the match when she converted on her fourth SP chance.

Keys, 0/5 on BP chances, finally broke to grab the lead at 4-2 in the 2nd, and held to knot the match soon afterward. In the decider, Kenin broke in game 2 and led 3-0. Keys got the set back on serve at 3-2.

Serving down 5-4, Keys had to fight off three MP. Finally winning the match's big points, the AO champ held in what was a five-deuce game. With the timing perfectly horrible for Kenin, she had to head immediately into a service game after having been unable to close out the match just moments before. Not shockingly, she was broken at 15, then saw Keys comes back after the changeover and serve out a 4-6/6-3/7-5 for her tenth straight win in slam play in 2025.



...meanwhile, in the last big wheelchair event (at Royan, FRA) before the start of play in Paris, veteran Zhu Zhenzhen (world #8) upset Li Xiaohui (#5) in three sets to claim her first Series 1 singles crown since 2022.

In 2020, Zhu was the first Chinese player to compete at a wheelchair major (AO), reaching the singles SF, and in 2024 became the first to reach a major singles final (at RG, a loss vs. Diede de Groot). She's reached a pair of WD slams finals (both AO), as well, but didn't win either, and in January it was Li & Wang Ziying who became the first WC slam winners representing CHN when they won the AO25 doubles crown.

...while Boisson reached the RG second week today, 16-year old Pastry Ksenia Efremova -- at #66 the highest ranked French girl -- claimed her biggest title at the J300 in Charleroi-Marcinelle (BEL), defeating Serbia's Petra Konjikusic in three sets.



Ksenia's already done the "famous photo" thing this year...









*WOMEN'S SINGLES ROUND OF 16*
#1 Aryna Sabalenka/BLR vs. #16 Amanda Anisimova/USA
#19 Liudmila Samsonova/RUS vs. #8 Zheng Qinwen/CHN
#4 Jasmine Paolini/ITA vs. #13 Elina Svitolina/UKR
#12 Elena Rybakina/KAZ vs. #5 Iga Swiatek/POL
#6 Mirra Andreeva/RUS vs. #17 Dasha Kasatkina/AUS
(WC) Lois Boisson/FRA vs. #3 Jessie Pegula/USA
#7 Madison Keys/USA vs. Hailey Baptiste/USA
#20 Ekaterina Alexandrova/RUS vs. #2 Coco Gauff/USA







...MEANWHILE, JUST MINDING HER OWN BUSINESS (and making a little girl's day)... ON DAY 7:




...REMINDS ME OF THE NIKE AD WHERE SAMPRAS AND AGASSI (the last era of men's tennis where I actually cared who won) PLAY ON THE STREET... ON DAY 7:






...SCREW-THOSE-DOUBLES-SPECIALISTS: U.S. OPEN EDITION... ON DAY 7:




...ANNNND, of course, it's "since Serena" once again... ON DAY 7:


























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*ROUND OF 16 IN SLAM MD DEBUT -- 2020s**
2021 WI - Emma Raducanu, GBR (WC)
2024 AO - Maria Timofeeva, RUS (Q)
2025 RG - Lois Boisson, FRA (WC)

*RECENT RG "LAST PASTRY STANDING"*
2017 Caroline Garcia & Kristina Mladenovic (QF)
2018 Caroline Garcia (4th)
2019 C.Garcia, K.Mladenovic & D.Parry (2nd)
2020 Fiona Ferro & Caroline Garcia (4th)
2021 F.Ferro, C.Garcia, K.Mladenovic, H.Tan (2nd)
2022 A.Cornet, L.Jeanjean & D.Parry (3rd)
2023 O.Dodin, C.Garcia, L.Jeanjean & D.Parry (2nd)
2024 Varvara Gracheva (4th)
2025 Lois Boisson (in 4th Rd.)

*RECENT RG "LAST WILD CARD STANDING"*
2017 Chloe Paquet/FRA (2nd Rd.)
2018 Pauline Parmentier/FRA (3rd Rd.)
2019 Lauren Davis/USA, Priscilla Hon/AUS & Diane Parry/FRA (2nd)
2020 G.Bouchard/CAN, C.Burel/FRA & T.Pironkova/BUL (3rd)
2021 Astra Sharma/AUS & Harmony Tan/FRA (2nd)
2022 Leolita Jeanjean/FRA & Dasha Saville/AUS (3rd)
2023 L.Jeanjean/FRA, E.Navarro/USA & D.Parry/FRA (2nd)
2024 Chloe Paquet/FRA (3rd Rd.)
2025 Lois Boisson/FRA (in 4th Rd.)

*FRENCH WOMEN IN RG ROUND OF 16*
[since last FRA finalist]
1994 Mary Pierce (RU), Julie Halard, Alexia Dechaume-Balleret
1995 Mary Pierce
1996 -
1997 Mary Pierce
1998 Sandrine Testud
1999 Julie Halard-Decugis
2000 Amelie Mauresmo, Mary Pierce
2001 Sandrine Testud
2002 Amelie Mauresmo, Mary Pierce
2003 Amelie Mauresmo
2004 Amelie Mauresmo
2005 Mary Pierce
2006 Amelie Mauresmo
2007 Marion Bartoli
2008 -
2009 Virginie Razzano, Aravane Rezai
2010 -
2011 Marion Bartoli
2012 -
2013 -
2014 Pauline Parmentier
2015 Alize Cornet
2016 -
2017 Alize Cornet, Caroline Garcia, Kristina Mladenovic
2018 Caroline Garcia
2019 -
2020 Fiona Ferro, Caroline Garcia
2021 -
2022 -
2023 -
2024 Varvara Gracheva
2025 Lois Boisson
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NOTE: None in 3rd Rd. only twice since 1986 (2019/21)

*RECENT RG "CRASH-AND-BURN" WINNERS*
2018 Alona Ostapenko, LAT (1st Rd., earliest RG DC since '05)
2019 Alona Ostapenko, LAT (1st Rd.; zero RG wins before/after '17 title)
2020 U.S. Open '20 SF (Osaka DNP, Brady 1r, Serena w/d 2r, Azarenka 2r - in 24 hrs)
2021 Ash Barty, AUS and Naomi Osaka, JPN (#1 seed ret. 2r; #2 seed w/d 2r)
2022 Barbora Krejcikova, CZE (1st/DC) and Ons Jabuer, TUN (hottest non-Iga on clay)
2023 Barbora Krejcikova, CZE (0-2 at RG since winning '21 title)
2024 Maria Sakkari, GRE (1st Rd. in 4 of 5 slams)
2025 Emma Navarro, USA (1st Rd.; #9 wins just 1 game vs. Bouzas Maneiro)

*RECENT RG "ZOMBIE QUEENS OF PARIS"*
[2015]
Elina Svitolina, UKR (down 6-1/3-0, 4-1 in 3rd set in 2r; wins 9-7)
[2016]
Tsvetana Pironkova, BUL (down 6-2/3-0 vs. A-Rad 4r; wins 1st 10 games two days later)
[2017]
Kristina Mladenovic, FRA (1st Rd.: down 3-0 in 3rd to Brady, wins 9-7; 3rd Rd. - down 5-2 in 3rd, wins 8-6 vs. Rogers; to first RG QF)
[2018]
Yulia Putintseva, KAZ (3rd Rd.: down 6-1/4-1 & 2 MP, 3-0 in 3rd, vs. Wang Qiang; to second career slam QF)
[2019]
Anna Blinkova, RUS (Q2: trailed 6-3/3-1 vs. Kalinina; Q3: trailed Glushko 3-0 in 3rd; 1st Rd.: trailed Gaspayarn 4-0 in 3rd; 2nd Rd.: trailed Garcia 3-0 in 3rd)
[2020]
Kiki Bertens, NED (2nd Rd.: injured; Errani up break 5 times in 3rd, served for match 3 times, 1 MP at 6-5; collapses and wheeled off court after 9-7 win)
[2021 Early-Round]
Katerina Siniakova, CZE (2nd Rd.: down 5-1 in 3rd vs. V.Kudermetova, saved 2 MP)
[2021 Mid/Late-Round]
Barbora Krejcikova, CZE (SF: saved MP in 3rd vs. Sakkari)
[2022]
Sloane Stephens, USA (lost to #306 Nefisa Berberovic pre-RG; 1r: set and 4-4, sitter for love/30 vs. Niemeier; 2r: Cirstea led 6-3/2-0, Stephens 12 con. games; 4r: Teichmann 2-0, Stephens 12 con. games)
[2023]
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, RUS (2nd Rd.: down 5-2 3rd vs. Samsonova; 4th Rd.: down set and 3-1, 7 BP for 4-1 vs. Mertens)
[2024]
Iga Swiatek, POL (2nd Rd.: down 4-1 (pt. for 5-1) and 5-2 vs. Osaka in 3rd; Osaka MP at 5-3)
[2025]
Madison Keys, USA (3rd Rd.: down 3-0 in 3rd, saved 3 MP at 5-4 vs. Kenin)

*RG JUNIOR SEEDS*
1. Emerson Jones, AUS
2. Kristina Penickova, USA
3. Jeline Vandromme, BEL
4. Teodora Kostovic, SRB
5. Tereza Krejcová, CZE
6. Luna Vujovic, SRB
7. Jana Kovacková, CZE
8. Hannah Klugman, GBR
9. Julieta Pareja, USA
10. Alena Kovacková, CZE
11. Zhang Ruien, CHN
12. Julia Stusek, GER
13. Charo Esquiva Bañuls, ESP
14. Annika Penickova, USA
15. Thea Frodin, USA
16. Laima Vladson, LTU

*2025 RG FINAL 16*
[by ranking]
#1 - Aryna Sabalenka
#2 - Coco Gauff
#3 - Jessie Pegula
#4 - Jasmine Paolini
#5 - Iga Swiatek
#6 - Mirra Andreeva
#7 - Zheng Qinwen
#8 - Madison Keys
#11 - Elena Rybakina
#14 - Elina Svitolina
#16 - Amanda Anisimova
#17 - Dasha Kasatkina
#18 - Liudmila Samsonova
#20 - Ekaterina Alexandrova
#70 - Hailey Baptiste
#361 - Lois Boisson

[by age]
18 - M.Andreeva
21 - Gauff
22 - Boisson, Zheng
23 - Anisimova, Baptiste
24 - Swiatek
25 - Rybakina
26 - Samsonova
27 - Sabalenka
28 - Kasatkina
29 - Paolini
30 - Alexandrova, Keys, Svitolina
31 - Pegula

[by nation]
5...USA (Anisimova,Baptiste,Gauff,Keys,Pegula)
3...RUS (Alexandrova,M.Andreeva,Samsonova)
1...AUS (Kasatkina)
1...BLR (Sabalenka)
1...CHN (Zheng)
1...FRA (Boisson)
1...ITA (Paolini)
1...KAZ (Rybakina)
1...POL (Swiatek)
1...UKR (Svitolina)

[by career slam Round-of-16s]
22 - Keys
20 - Svitolina
18 - Swiatek
15 - Gauff,Sabalenka
9 - Pegula,Rybakina
8 - Kasatkina
7 - Anisimova
5 - M.Andreeva,Paolini,Zheng
4 - Samsonova
2 - Alexandrova
1 - Baptiste,Boisson

[w/ consecutive slam Round of 16s]
7 - Gauff
3 - Sabalenka (last 10 played, DNP Wimb.'24)
3 - Swiatek
2 - M.Andreeva,Kasatkina,Keys,Rybakina,Svitolina

[w/ multiple career RG Round of 16s]
7 - Svitolina,Swiatek
5 - Gauff,Keys
4 - Kasatkina
3 - Anisimova,Rybakina,Sabalenka
2 - M.Andreeva,Paolini,Pegula,Zheng

[w/ consecutive RG Round of 16s]
7 - Swiatek
5 - Gauff
3 - Sabalenka,Svitolina
2 - M.Andreeva,Paolini,Rybakina

[WTA career slam Round of 16s - active]
50...Venus Williams
30...Victoria Azarenka
23...Petra Kvitova
23...Caroline Wozniacki
22...Madison Keys
20...Elina Svitolina
18...Iga Swiatek
16...Sloane Stephens
16...Vera Zvonareva
15...Coco Gauff
15...Aryna Sabalenka
14...Elise Mertens
14...Karolina Pliskova
11...Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

[WTA slam Round of 16s since 2020 (of 21) - active]
17 - Swiatek
15 - Sabalenka
13 - Gauff
10 - Jabeur, Svitolina
9 - Mertens, Pegula, Rybakina
8 - Badosa, Keys, Krejcikova
7 - Azarenka
6 - Halep, Muchova
5 - M.Andreeva, Anisimova, Bencic, Kasatkina, Kvitova
5 - Paolini, Pavlyuchenkova, Sakkari
5 - Vekic, Vondrousova, Zheng Q.
4 - Collins, Garcia
4 - Kasatkina, Kenin, Navarro, Ostapenko
4 - Ka.Pliskova, Samsonova
3 - Cirstea, Cornet, Haddad Maia, V.Kudermetova
3 - Raducanu, Stephens, Tomljanovic, Zhang Sh.
2 - Alexandrova, Avanesyan, Bouzkova, Danilovic
2 - Fernandez, Kalinskaya, Kostyuk
2 - Martic, Niemeier, Osaka, Putintseva
2 - Riske-A., Trevisan
2 - Tsurenko, Wang Xinyu, Wozniacki

[2025 slam Rd. of 16s - youngest]
17 - Mirra Andreeva (AO)
18 - Mirra Andreeva (RG)
20 - Coco Gauff (AO)

[2025 slam Rd. of 16s - oldest]
33 - Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (AO)
31 - Jessie Pegula (RG)
30 - Ekaterina Alexandrova (RG)
30 - Madison Keys
30 - Elina Svitolina (RG)
30 - Elina Svitolina (AO)
29 - Madison Keys (AO)
29 - Jasmine Paolini (RG)

[2025 slam Rd. of 16s - unseeded]
=AO (4)=
Bencic(PR), Danilovic, V.Kudermetova, Lys(LL)
=RG (2)=
Baptiste, Boisson(WC)x

[2025 slam Rd. of 16s - 1st-time GS 4th Rd.]
AO - (1) Lys
RG - (2) Baptiste, Boisson

[2025 slam Rd. of 16s - completed "Career Round of 16 Slam"]
AO - Dasha Kasatkina (36th slam MD), Emma Navarro (9)
RG - none

[2025 slam Rd. of 16s - lowest-ranked]
#361 - Lois Boisson (RG)
#294 - Belinda Bencic (AO)
#128 - Eva Lys (AO)

[2025 slam Rd. of 16s]
2 - M.Andreeva (AO/RG)
2 - Gauff (AO/RG)
2 - Kasatkina (AO/RG)
2 - Keys (AO/RG)
2 - Rybakina (AO/RG)
2 - Sabalenka (AO/RG)
2 - Svitolina (AO/RG)
2 - Swiatek (AO/RG)

[2025 slam Rd. of 16s - by nation]
8 = 3/5/-/- = USA (Anisimova,Baptitse,Gauff,Keys,Pegula)
7 = 4/3/-/- = RUS (Alexandrova,M.Andreeva,Samsonova)
2 = 1/1/-/- = BLR (Sabalenka)
2 = 1/1/-/- = KAZ (Rybakina)
2 = 1/1/-/- = POL (Swiatek)
2 = 1/1/-/- = UKR (Svitolina)
= 1 AO: CRO,ESP,GER,SRB,SUI
1 RG: AUS(Kasatkina),CHN(Zheng),FRA(Boisson),ITA(Paolini)

[2025 slam Rd. of 16s - by region]
8 = (6/5/-/-) - Eastern Europe/Russia (BLR-RUS-UKR)
7 = (6/3/-/-) - W.Europe/Scandinavia (FRA-ITA-POL)
7 = (3/5/-/-) - North America/Atlantic (USA)
2 = (1/3/-/-) - Asia/Oceania (AUS-CHN-KAZ)
0 = (0/0/-/-) - Africa/Middle East/Mediterranean
0 = (0/0/-/-) - South America




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TOP QUALIFIER: Nao Hibino/JPN
TOP EARLY-ROUND (1r-2r): #1 Aryna Sabalenka/BLR (5 games lost 1r/2r)
TOP MIDDLE-ROUND (3r-QF): xx
TOP LATE-ROUND (SF-F): xx
TOP QUALIFYING MATCH: Q2 - Nao Nibino/JPN def. #17 Bianca Andreescu/CAN 2-6/7-6(5)/6-4 - Andreescu led 6-2/5-3, holding a MP in game #8 of the 2nd and then serving for the win a game later, and led 5-2 in the 2nd set TB; Hibino also saved 2 MP vs. Ella Seidel/GER in Q3
TOP EARLY-RD. MATCH (1r-2r): 1st Rd. - #10 Paula Badosa/ESP def. Naomi Osaka/JPN 6-7(1)/6-1/6-4 - Badosa SP in 1st, up break at 4-3 3rd and saved BP; Osaka out 1r year after had MP vs. Swiatek 2r and won first pro title on clay in '25)
TOP MIDDLE-RD. MATCH (3r-QF): xx
TOP LATE-RD. MATCH (SF-F/Jr.-WC): xx
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FIRST VICTORY: #13 Elina Svitolina/UKR (def. Sonmez/TUR)
FIRST SEED OUT: #28 Peyton Stearns/USA (1r: Lys/GER)
FIRST SLAM MD WINS: Emiliana Arango/COL, Sara Bejlek/CZE, Lois Boisson/FRA, Joanna Garland/TPE, Victoria Mboko/CAN, Leyre Romero Gormaz/ESP, Tereza Valentova/CZE
UPSET QUEENS: Czech Republic
REVELATION LADIES: United States
NATION OF POOR SOULS: Australia (2-5 1st Rd.; only wins AUS/AUS 1r and new-AUS Kasatkina)
LAST QUALIFIER STANDING: Victoria Mboko/CAN (3rd Rd.)
LUCKY LOSER WINS: Yuliia Starodubtseva/UKR (3rd Rd.)
LAST WILD CARD STANDING: Lois Boisson/FRA (in 4th Rd.)
PROTECTED RANKING WINS: none
LAST PASTRY STANDING: Lois Boisson/FRA (in 4th Rd.)
Ms./Mademoiselle OPPORTUNITY: Nominee: Baptiste, Boisson
IT "TBD": x
COMEBACK PLAYER: Nominee: Gauff's missing rackets
CRASH & BURN: #9 Emma Navarro/USA (1r- wins 1 game vs. Bouzas Maneiro)
ZOMBIE QUEEN OF PARIS: #7 Madison Keys/USA (3r- down 3-0 in 3rd, saved 3 MP at 5-4 vs. Kenin)
DOUBLES STAR: x
VETERAN PLAYER (KIMIKO CUP): Nominees: Svitolina, Pegula, Keys
Mademoiselle/Madame OF THE EVENING: -
JUNIOR BREAKOUT: x
Légion de Lenglen: 100th anniversary of Suzanne Lenglen's first grand slam French Championship titles (WS/WD/MX sweep) in 1925 (first time event open to non-FRA competitors)
Coupe LA PETIT TAUREAU: Nominee?: Swiatek attempts to pass Henin (24) on all-time RG win streak list, on Henin's June 1 birthday



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All for Day 7. More tomorrow.

posted by Todd.Spiker @ 8:08 PM 

3 Comments:

Blogger Diane said...

Now that Baptiste’s career is going rather well, I wonder how she would assess herself, given that she thinks that all women are inferior players.

Sat May 31, 09:41:00 PM EDT  
Blogger Todd.Spiker said...

Has anyone ever actually questioned her about those comments?

Sun Jun 01, 08:11:00 PM EDT  
Blogger Diane said...

She got some push-back from Pam Shriver after she said them, but since Shriver was the interviewer, she wasn't in a position to push back *too* hard. But Pam was clearly not happy about it. But, as far as I know, no one else has brought it up. And maybe Baptiste has changed--who knows?

Mon Jun 02, 08:42:00 AM EDT  

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