Roland-Garros: Boisson moves into last 16
Lois Boisson edged out Elsa Jacquemot 6-3, 0-6, 7-5 on Saturday afternoon. She’ll face American Jessica Pegula, the No 3 seed, in the next round
Wildcard Lois Boisson edged out wildcard Elsa Jacquemot 6-3, 0-6, 7-5 to reach the last 16 of Roland-Garros at Roland-Garros in Paris on Saturday.
Boisson, ranked No 361, will play American Jessica Pegula, the No 3 seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, Lois Boisson won against Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 24 seed (6-4, 4-6, 6-3) and Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina (6-1, 6-2).
Jacquemot, ranked No 138, defeated Greek Maria Sakkari (6-3, 7-6 (4)) and American Alycia Parks (6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-1) earlier in the tournament.
Paris (Grand Slam), other third-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 56.352.000, most recent results first):
- Madison Keys vs. Sofia Kenin
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Coco Gauff
- Hailey Baptiste vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova: saturday
- Jessica Pegula beat Marketa Vondrousova: 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Daria Kasatkina (17) beat Paula Badosa (10): 6-1, 7-5
- Mirra Andreeva (6) beat Yulia Putintseva (32): 6-3, 6-1
- Elina Svitolina (13) beat Bernarda Pera: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5)
- Jasmine Paolini (4) beat Yuliia Starodubtseva (LL): 6-4, 6-1
- Elena Rybakina (12) beat Jelena Ostapenko (21): 6-2, 6-2
- Iga Swiatek (5) beat Jaqueline Cristian: 6-2, 7-5
- Liudmila Samsonova (19) beat Dayana Yastremska: 6-2, 6-3
- Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Olga Danilovic: 6-2, 6-3
- Qinwen Zheng (8) beat Victoria Mboko (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Amanda Anisimova (16) beat Clara Tauson (22): 7-6 (4), 6-4
