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How Victoria Mboko Must Navigate Life Changes in Midst of National Bank Open Semifinal Run
MONTREAL, CANADA, AUG 5 – Mboko, 18, is the third wildcard to reach the Canadian Open semis and the youngest since 2015, boasting a 22-match winning streak and rapid rise in WTA rankings.
- On Monday, Victoria Mboko defeated Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-4, 6-2 to reach her first WTA 1000 semi-final at the National Bank Open in Montreal.
- Mboko entered the Montreal event as a wildcard, having started the season with a 22-match win streak and five titles on the ITF Tour.
- Mboko dismantled top seed Coco Gauff in just one hour and 17 minutes, winning convincingly 6-1, 6-4 for her first victory over the American.
- On Wednesday, Mboko will meet ninth seed Elena Rybakina in the semi-finals, their second meeting after Rybakina defeated her last week at the Washington Open.
- Matching historic feats, Mboko is the youngest player from any nation to reach a WTA 1000 semi-final since Belinda Bencic in 2015, and she is the third Open Era wildcard to do so after Seles and Halep.
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How Victoria Mboko must navigate life changes in midst of National Bank Open semifinal run
After Victoria Mboko practised, signed autographs and took selfies with some early-arriving fans ahead of Tuesday’s quarterfinal session, four security guards circled around the rising Canadian star for the walk back to the locker room. Before playing her first match at the National Bank Open presented by Rogers on July 27, Mboko certainly was a […]
Canadian teen Victoria Mboko's wild ride leads to tonight's semifinal showdown at National Bank Open
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It grows and grows Jessica Bouzas without getting her feet off the ground. That tennis leads you to sign your best result in a WTA 1,000, like the quarterfinals of Montreal, and also tells you everything you have to improve when you fall to Victoria Mboko, 18-year-old local idol, for 6-2 and 6-4. But in that balance walks a Jessica Bouzas (Pontevedra, 22 years old) more and more sure that she is called to open the doors of the elite. Since this …
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