India, June 6 -- The Philippe Chatrier, a steely colosseum of right angles outside is anything but steely inside. Fifteen thousand people are losing their minds. Roland Garros 2025's last surviving French player - a wild card ranked world no. 361 about whom there is still no information on her player page (neither place of birth, height, weight, playing style or name of coach) had just knocked out her second-successive seeded player. If it was no. 3 Jessica Pegula on Monday, Wednesday was reserved for no.6 Mirra Andreeva, a rising star of women's tennis, who melted in the Chatrier's heat and noise.

The La Marseillaise was sung in one stand, national flags were being waved in the other, there was chanting and booing. Lois Boisson became t...