World number 361 Lois Boisson saw her dream run at the French Open continue with a stunning quarter-final success against Mirra Andreeva on Wednesday.
Home favourite Boisson had already thrilled fans with victories over Elise Mertens, Anhelina Kalinina and Elsa Jacquemot before dispatching third seed Jessica Pegula in the fourth round.
And she made history with a 7-6 (8-6) 6-3 victory over sixth seed Andreeva on Court Philippe-Chatrier, becoming the first wildcard to ever reach the Roland Garros semi-finals.
Things had started ominously when Andreeva took the first break three games into the opener, with Boisson looking nervous as she sent a forehand drifting wide.
Having held for 3-1, Andreeva had a chance to go two breaks up but was denied by a sumptuous drop shot from Boisson, who rallied to hold then immediately broke back in game six.
A pinpoint forehand saw Andreeva swiftly restore her break advantage at 4-3, and the Russian brought up set point against Boisson's serve at 5-3, only to miss that opportunity.
She would regret doing so as Boisson broke back for 5-5, and Andreeva missed another set point before losing the subsequent tie-break as Boisson inched ahead.
Andreeva managed another early break in the second set but Boisson refused to go away as the vocal home crowd seemed to get to her teenage opponent.
The 18-year-old argued with the chair umpire after one baseline stroke ran long, and a double-fault from the Russian then handed Boisson the second of three straight breaks to seal victory.
Boisson will now face Coco Gauff in the semi-finals, with Aryna Sabalenka meeting Iga Swiatek on the other half of the draw, as she bids to become the first home winner in the women's singles at Roland-Garros since Mary Pierce in 2000.
Data Debrief: Records continue to fall for Boisson
As well as becoming the first wildcard to make the women's singles semi-finals, Boisson 바카라“ at the age of 22 years and nine days 바카라“ is the youngest Frenchwoman to make the last four of any grand slam since 1999.
On that occasion, Amelie Mauresmo 바카라“ now the tournament director at Roland-Garros 바카라“ finished as the runner-up at the Australian Open.
She is also just the third woman since 1980 to reach the last four on their debut appearance in the main draw of a slam, after Monica Seles (Roland Garros 1989) and Jennifer Capriati (Roland Garros 1990).
And Boisson is the first player outside the top 300 of the WTA rankings to defeat multiple top-10 players at a single event since Serena Williams in Chicago 1997 (versus Pierce and Seles).
