France, June 24 -- France's top female tennis player Lois Boisson lost on Tuesday in the first round of the qualifying tournament to play at Wimbledon.

Carson Branstine beat her 6-2, 6-7, 6-4 to advance to the second round where she will face her fellow Canadian Bianca Andreescu.

Boisson was placed in the 128-player draw as the top seed on the back of her exploits on the clay courts at the French Open where she beat two top 10 players to reach the semi-final and climb nearly 300 rungs in the WTA ladder to world number 65.

But the 22-year-old, playing competitively for the first time on grass, was outfoxed in the key moments.

Serving to stay in the match, a cautious forehand drive landed mid court and Branstine advanced to slap away a ...