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Victoria Mboko Set for Leap to New WTA Rankings High as She Continues Canadian No 1 Battle with Leylah Fernandez

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The past few months have been a struggle for Victoria Mboko as she battled to follow up her stunning Canadian Open title with good results, but she has finally found form again as she has now won back-to-back matches at the Pan Pacific Open. The teenager announced herself on the global tennis stage in Montreal in August when she beat two-time Grand Slam winner Coco Gauff, 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina and 2020 Australian Open winner Sof…

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Canadian Leylah Annie Fernandez beat Greek Maria Sakkari in two rounds to get to the second round of the Tokyo tournament.

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The young Canadian Viktoria Mboko put an end to a hard run of four consecutive defeats, after defeating former US Open 2019 champion Bianca Andreescu, in the first round of the WTA 500 Tokyo (Japan). Mboko, 19 years old, was vested with authority for 6-4, 7-5, in a duel that marked not only his return to the win, but also a heavy victory by imposing himself on a renowned player. “I was working hard to make myself comfortable on the court again, …

First-round matches were played in Tokyo by the usual Toray Pan Pacific Open, WTA 500 in the Japanese capital. The 17-year-old Wakane Sonobe, who defeated Czech tennis player Nikola Bartunkova, shone in front of her audience. Another young girl also showed up: the 19-year-old Canadian Victoria Mboko, who came back to win after Montreal. Leylah Fernandez, who did not mention stopping after the title in Osaka last week. L. Fernandez b. [Q] M. Sakk…

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TennisUpToDate.com broke the news in on Tuesday, October 21, 2025.
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