Unknown to the general public before Roland-Garros, Loïs Boisson now enjoys a popularity greater than that of Arthur fils, the French at the gates of the top 10 among men.
Tennis specialists had not failed to quote his name before kickoff of the Roland-Garros fifteen. From the first round, Alizé Cornet said that the young Frenchwoman would be at the rendezvous of the second week. “From her first set against Elise Mertens, I said that she would go far. I am the least surprised by all ”had she entrusted to the approach of the knockout stages.
Dijonnaise has finally created the sensation. Because the young woman did not just slip in the second week, she finally got up to the semi-finals after two most convincing victories against Jessica Pegula and Mirra Andreeva, third and sixth world players.
If the adventure ended in the semi-finals, the fault of Coco Gauff, France was passionate about its Porte d’Auteuil journey. Evidence of the audience figures for the last tricolor matches, with the highlight of the 5.37 million viewers present in front of their television to watch their semi-final against the American.
Only Gaël Monfils is doing better
And this popularity is confirmed on social networks. While his Instagram account displayed 6000 subscribers before the kickoff of the Roland-Garros, Loïs Boisson now displays no less than 330,000 subscribers. What make it the most popular tricolor player on Instagram, in front of personalities established like Caroline Garcia, Alizé Cornet.
Better still, Loïs Boisson is also more popular than the new faces of French tennis, in the forefront of which Arthur fils, the new tricolor locomotive. Despite his three titles on the circuit and his 14e Global place, the young Ile -de -France has only 255,000 subscribers. Among the tricolor players, there is ultimately only Gaël Monfils to do better with 1.2 million subscribers.
