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If you thought Lo\u00efs Boisson\u2019s early exit in the first round of Wimbledon<\/a> qualifying was a harsh return to reality \u2013 think again. The Frenchwoman bounced back in style by winning the WTA 250 Hamburg<\/a> tournament on Sunday. It was only her second appearance in a main draw at Tour level, the first being her stunning semi-final run at Roland-Garros<\/a> just six weeks ago.<\/p>\n Boisson\u2019s meteoric rise in women\u2019s tennis is showing no signs of slowing down. To date, Coco Gauff remains the only player<\/a> who has managed to neutralise her explosive forehand and fierce competitiveness. Aged 22, she will be in the Top 50 at the WTA rankings<\/a> on Monday. She was No. 361 two months ago.<\/p>\n Seeded No. 5 in Hamburg, Boisson overcame No. 7 seed Anna Bondar of Hungary in a tense clay-court battle. After trailing 0-4 in the opening set, she found a way to shift the match\u2019s momentum in her favor, ultimately securing a 7-5, 6-3 victory in 111 minutes.<\/p>\n Boisson\u2019s slow start<\/p>\n Down 5-2, the Frenchwoman raised her level, clawing back to 5-all with the help of some beautifully executed drop shots. She kept the momentum going and snatched the first set 7-5, though she appeared to be struggling physically. She has been playing in recent days with an apparent injury to her left thigh.<\/p>\n At the start of the second set, Lo\u00efs Boisson fell back into the same difficulties that had troubled her early in the match. Quickly trailing 3-1, she once again leveled the score before overtaking Anna Bondar on the scoreboard at 5-3. All that remained was to close out the match, which the Frenchwoman did calmly, converting her first match point.<\/p>\n After a hard-fought win (6-4, 6-7 [3], 6-4) in nearly three hours of play against Germany\u2019s Tamara Korpatsch (ranked 163rd) on Thursday, Lo\u00efs Boisson followed up with convincing victories over Bulgaria\u2019s Viktoriya Tomova (No. 105, 6-3, 6-3) and Ukraine\u2019s Dayana Yastremska (No. 39, 6-1, 7-6 [5]).<\/p>\n She\u2019s the first French player to win a WTA trophy on the main stage since Caroline Garcia in 2022. \u201cReaching this level so quickly is very impressive\u201d, Bondar said on court, before breaking into tears. \u201cIt was not the trophy I was dreaming of.\u201d Bondar had defeated the Top seed Ekatarina Alexandrova in the quarterfinals (6-7 [1], 6-3, 7-6 [4]).<\/p>\n
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