{"id":177654,"date":"2025-06-12T06:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T06:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/177654\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T06:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T06:09:11","slug":"patrick-mouratoglou-pinpoints-the-three-lessons-that-can-be-learned-from-lois-boissons-dream-run-at-roland-garros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/177654\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Mouratoglou pinpoints the three lessons that can be learned from Lois Boisson\u2019s dream run at Roland Garros"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lois Boisson\u2019s Cinderella run to the last four of the French Open was the story of this year\u2019s tournament.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Grand Slam tennis often springs up a shock or two, but few were expecting the world number 361 to reach the semi-finals of Roland Garros<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After taking down the 24th seed Elise Mertens in round one, Boisson<\/a> made her way past Anhelina Kalinina and Elsa Jaquemot to reach the fourth round.<\/p>\n

Much to the enjoyment of the fans on Court Philippe Chatrier, Boisson stunned world number three Jessica Pegula<\/a> 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.<\/p>\n

\"LoisPhoto by Tim Clayton\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Backing the biggest win of her career up with another shock result against a top ten player, Boisson beat Mirra Andreeva<\/a> in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

Her run eventually came to an end in the semi-finals, losing to America\u2019s Coco Gauff<\/a> in straight sets, but she had more than left her mark on the Parisian clay.<\/p>\n

Reflecting on her breakout performance, her fellow Frenchman, Patrick Mouratoglou<\/a>, has highlighted the three lessons that can be learned from Boisson\u2019s French Open run.<\/p>\n

Lois Boisson\u2019s Roland Garros run proved \u2018anything can happen\u2019 in tennis, says Patrick Mouratoglou<\/p>\n

Talking on Instagram, Naomi Osaka\u2019s<\/a> coach Mouratoglou laid out three lessons that can be learned from what Boisson achieved in Paris.<\/p>\n

Lesson 1 \u2013 \u2018Anything can happen\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cLesson number one, anything can happen,\u201d said Mouratoglou.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone can beat anyone in tennis. Which we knew theoretically, but until someone who\u2019s ranked 360 something in the world beats back-to-back, world number three, world number six, and reaches the last stages of a Grand Slam, it\u2019s just a theory until it happens.<\/p>\n

\"PatrickPhoto by Robert Prange\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cShe believes she can do it, and she did from the start. Actually, she said it, she feels she\u2019s able to beat anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lesson 2: \u2018Tennis is a mental game\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cSecond lesson, tennis is a mental game, and when you look at the matches, she\u2019s been the more stable emotionally,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve seen [Jessica] Pegula, we\u2019ve seen [Mirra] Andreeva<\/a> going through a lot of mental ups and downs, and emotional moments during the matches that have hurt their games tremendously.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cShe has been stable all the time, and when you are able to achieve this mental stability during the matches, you have such an edge on any other player.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lesson 3: \u2018The role of the crowd\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThe third one is probably the role of the crowd. She\u2019s at home, the crowd is fully behind her,\u201d said Mouratoglou.<\/p>\n

\"LoisPhoto by Tnani Badreddine\/DeFodi Images\/DeFodi via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you don\u2019t feel you have to deliver because your ranking is low, so you have nothing to lose, and the crowd is behind you fully, then it\u2019s incredible, the power of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Having enjoyed the best tournament of her young career at Roland Garros, Boisson will now turn her attention towards Wimbledon<\/a> and the remainder of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

Lois Boisson prepares for Wimbledon debut in 2025<\/p>\n

Following her run to the last four in Roland Garros, Boisson made a triumphant return to the top 100, reaching a career-high rank of 65th in the world.<\/p>\n\nRank<\/strong><\/td>\nName<\/strong><\/td>\nAge<\/strong><\/td>\nNationality<\/strong><\/td>\nPoints<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n61st<\/td>\nLucia Bronzetti<\/td>\n26<\/td>\nItalian<\/td>\n1,019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n62nd<\/td>\nPolina Kudermetova<\/td>\n22<\/td>\nRussian<\/td>\n998<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n63rd<\/td>\nCaroline Dolehide<\/td>\n26<\/td>\nAmerican<\/td>\n978<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n64th<\/td>\nAjla Tomljanovic<\/td>\n32<\/td>\nAustralian<\/td>\n964<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n65th<\/td>\nLois Boisson<\/td>\n22<\/td>\nFrench<\/td>\n951<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n66th<\/td>\nGreet Minnen<\/td>\n27<\/td>\nBelgian<\/td>\n927<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n67th<\/td>\nYulia Starodoubtseva<\/td>\n25<\/td>\nUkrainian<\/td>\n924<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n68th<\/td>\nAnna Bondar<\/td>\n28<\/td>\nHungarian<\/td>\n922<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n69th<\/td>\nKimberly Birrell<\/td>\n27<\/td>\nAustralian<\/td>\n911<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Snapshot of the WTA rankings<\/p>\n

She\u2019ll now head to Wimbledon, where she\u2019ll make her debut on grass, having not played on the surface at the WTA or ITF level.<\/p>\n

Ranked inside the top 70, Boisson will qualify for the main draw directly, doing so for just the second time in her career.<\/p>\n

The likelihood of Boisson making a deep run at the All England Club seems slim, although as Mouratoglou rightfully pointed out, \u2018anything can happen\u2019 in tennis.<\/p>\n

Boisson will make her Wimbledon debut when the tournament begins on Monday, June 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lois Boisson\u2019s Cinderella run to the last four of the French Open was the story of this year\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[5066,67628,35717,79,1068,16,15,5069],"class_list":{"0":"post-177654","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-french-open","9":"tag-lois-boisson","10":"tag-patrick-mouratoglou","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tennis","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-wta"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114668908122485760","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}