Unheralded wildcard Lois Boisson will be glad to brush off her only unfortunate claim to tennis fame, having transformed her standing as the tennis player "who smells really bad" to the Frenchwoman who came up roses with the biggest sensation at her home Open.
Boisson, a lowly No.361 in the world, got the Court Philippe-Chatrier crowd going wild on a sleepy Monday, rousing them after a long series of French disappointments at Roland Garros as she stunned American third seed Jessica Pegula 3-6 6-4 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals.
The 22-year-old had been an afterthought in the sport until April when British player Harriet Dart had complained to the umpire during their match in Rouen: "Can you tell her [Boisson] to wear deodorant because she smells really bad?"
