Top Tennis Player Opens Up About Tough Period: 'Perhaps There's No Answer At All'

'I haven't been very active on social media lately,' she began her message. During Wimbledon, she suffered a nasty fall, resulting in a hyperextended knee. This setback pushed her far back once again. 'Fortunately, it wasn't serious, but it did require a few weeks of recovery time, which is why I had to withdraw from Hamburg. In the last two years, I've spent more time in a clinic than on the tennis court.'

In 2024, she tore her anterior cruciate ligament, which sidelined her for a period and caused her to drop significantly in the WTA rankings. She plummeted from 152nd to 361st in a year, only to make a reborn return in 2025. She reached the semi-finals of Roland Garros, surged back into the world's top 100, and subsequently won the Hamburg tournament. But at Wimbledon, the French tennis player's troubles resurfaced.

By 'clinic,' she refers to the medical merry-go-round she's been on for the past two years following numerous physical ailments. 'Eighteen of the last 26 months... It's been very long and tough, especially mentally. There have been moments of anxiety and doubt. But mostly, a feeling of injustice, because you know how everything happened and how much discipline and dedication I've had to put in every day. So many days I asked myself, why? Then I realized there might be no answer. Perhaps this is just part of my journey. My path that I have to take, fighting and always moving forward.'

Boisson acknowledges that she simply has to undertake this journey. 'To get better, to see life differently, to grow, to understand my body, how I need to function and think, and to appreciate this journey. All to keep the dream alive and simply to live. The best is still to come. It's not over yet.'