Shelby Rogers admits she cries watching adverts on TV so it was no surprise she was in floods of tears after becoming one of the most surprising grand slam quarter-finalists of recent years.
The women's singles at the slams over the past couple of years have been hugely unpredictable but, even so, the success of 108th-ranked Rogers has been a story no one saw coming.
The 23-year-old American landed in a tough part of the draw but saw off Kristina Pliskova, Elena Vesnina and two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova to reach the fourth round.
She again went in as the underdog against in-form 25th seed Irina-Camelia Begu but was impressive throughout in a 6-3 6-4 victory.
When Begu's final shot flew long, Rogers held her hands to her face in disbelief before crying throughout her on-court interview with Marion Bartoli, who handed her a tissue.
Rogers said: "(I'm) 100 per cent tears all the time. Sad, happy, hungry, reading a book, watching a movie. They flow very easily. Those little puppy commercials, adopt a puppy. No, change the channel. Can't do it."
The Charleston player made an impact at the US Open last year, reaching the third round, but nothing in her recent results indicated she was about to make the last eight at Roland Garros.
Asked how she would have reacted had she been told before the tournament where she would end up, Rogers said: "M y response would be, 'Awesome. That sounds like a really fun thing to do', and it is and here I am.
"But, unfortunately, no one told me that. So I didn't get to prepare for this moment. But it's better than I thought it would be, and I'm just trying to enjoy every second of it."
Rogers faces another step up in the last eight, where she will play fourth seed Garbine Muguruza.
The Spaniard reached the quarter-finals for the third straight year with a 6-3 6-4 victory over 2009 champion Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Muguruza looked a little shaky in her first-round match but since then has barely put a foot wrong and overcame a dangerous opponent in confident fashion.
Muguruza, the beaten finalist at Wimbledon last year, said: "I do think it's a very good win, because I played her before. It was a very hard match.
"She's obviously a champion here. She knows how to win this tournament, and she has a lot of experience and is a very tough player.
"So being in the quarter-finals again, it's great. This is where I have stopped in the past, which means I'm extremely motivated to move on."
Source: PA
