Tennis: Loïs Boisson badly beaten in Madrid for her return from injury

Nothing to reassure a few weeks before the start of Roland-Garros. After more than six months without playing, French number 1 Loïs Boisson missed her return to competition at the WTA 1000 in Madrid. The 46th in the world lost in the first round on Tuesday against the American Peyton Stearns (6-1, 6-3).

Revelation of the spring of 2025 where she reached the semi-finals of Roland-Garros, the 22-year-old Frenchwoman had not played in competition again since September. She then had to withdraw from a tournament in Beijing, due to a series of injuries and “errors on the medical side”. “These last few months have been very complicated, the most complicated since I started playing tennis. I also managed them poorly mentally,” she explained this week to AFP.

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Tuesday, the recovery was complicated for the Dijonnaise on the almost empty Manolo-Santana court, picked up from the start by Stearns and unable to score a point on the American’s serve. Regularly late on forehands and backhands, Boisson also suffered on the move and gave up the set in just 21 minutes.

The situation didn’t really improve in the second set, with the balls still too long. Even though she was in a breaker position, the Frenchwoman always seemed helpless when the exchanges lasted. Côte-d’Orienne finally surrendered after an hour and five minutes of play.

The Frenchwoman’s return to competition raises concerns one month before Roland-Garros, where she has 720 points to defend thanks to her sensational run last year.