The highs and lows of the U.S. Open were on full display in the moments following Emma Navarro’s first-round win over Lois Boisson.
While Navarro was celebrating the victory, Boisson could be seen on the court smashing a racket several times on the ground before tossing it away in anger.
She had already launched her racket at the ground in the immediate aftermath of Navarro’s winning point, which came when Boisson hit the ball into the net.
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Lois Boisson loses to Emma Navarro at the US Open— then absolutely loses her mind (and probably some money)
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Boisson shook hands with Navarro and the chair umpire before she continued to take out her rage on the rackets, which were left on the court and the ball girls later retrieved them.
The American seemed to have no idea what was happening behind her as she took the match in three sets a day after it had started.
Navarro and Boisson’s first-round match was delayed from Sunday due to the rain that arrived in the metropolitan area and forced the outdoor action to be paused.
“It was really tough stopping at the point of the match we were at,” Navarro said. “I just felt like I had worked really hard to get to that point, and then all of a sudden, it’s like we’re gonna come out tomorrow and we both have a clean slate. It’s it’s really unique because you feel like you should feel like you’re ahead, but you kind of don’t.”
The No. 26 seed had restarted the action on Monday leading 7-6(6), 4-2 before Boisson capitalized on the suspension of play to take the second set.
Navarro ended up winning 7-6(6), 6-7(1), 6-3 to move on to the second round of this year’s tournament in Flushing Meadows.
“it was really tough. Kind of took me a little while to find my bearings,” Navarro said. “I think it was after I got broken in the third when I was like, okay, now I’m klnow I’m where I want to be. I’m ready to play.”
It’s already been a pretty eventful U.S. Open for Navarro, who gushed in an interview with People that she was able to train with her tennis idol, Serena Williams, in a moment that she described as “surreal.”
“It’s pretty awesome. We were actually on the stationary bike next to each other yesterday,” Navarro told the outlet. “We didn’t really exchange any words, but that was a little bit surreal because growing up she was always the legend, the GOAT of women’s tennis.”
Navarro will face the winner of Catherine McNally and Anouk Koevermans, which is being played later on Monday afternoon.
