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Canada’s Victoria Mboko advances to the National Bank Open final
MONTREAL, CANADA, AUG 7 – Victoria Mboko overcame a first-set loss and injured wrist to reach the National Bank Open final and rise from No. 85 to at least No. 34 in WTA rankings, organizers said.
- At the National Bank Open, Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko rallied past ninth-seeded Elena Rybakina 1-6, 7-5, 7-6 in Wednesday’s semifinals in Montreal.
- After starting the year outside the top 300, Mboko, ranked 85th, seeks her first WTA Tour title and to join Faye Urban and Bianca Andreescu as Canadian winners.
- During the third set, Mboko saved a match point, broke Rybakina twice, and fought through a wrist injury timeout to win.
- In the final, Mboko is now one win away from a WTA title on home soil, facing the winner of Naomi Osaka or Clara Tauson on Thursday night.
- A victory could make Mboko the first Canadian champion since Bianca Andreescu in 2019 and move her into the top 25 rankings.
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Victoria Mboko has advanced to the final of the National Bank Open in Montreal, where she will face four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka. The 18-year-old Canadian defeated ninth seed Elena Rybakina in an incredible comeback victory. According to Sky Sports, the young star came from a 6-1 set deficit to successfully force a decider...
Canadian Victoria Mboko continued her sensational run at the WTA1000 tennis tournament in Montreal on Wednesday (local time) also in the semi-finals. After defending a match ball, the local matador defeated former Kazakh Wimbledon winner Jelena Rybakina 1:6, 7:5 and 7:6(4). In the final match Mboko meets the Japanese Naomi Osaka. That was never trueMboko had also eliminated the American women Sofia Kenin and Coco Gauff during the tournament and …
The Canadian tennis player Victoria Mboko qualified for the finals of the tournament in Montreal, after she defeated the 12th tennis player in the world Elena Rybakina from Kazakhstan after three sets, 1:6, 7:5, 7:6.
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Eugenie Bouchard, Serena Williams' ex-coach, Rennae Stubbs, and others from the tennis world hailed praises for Victoria Mboko as she advanced to the final round at the 2025 Canadian Open.
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