Naomi Osaka apologized for not congratulating Victoria Mboko for her victory after their Montreal Open women's singles final.

Naomi Osaka issued a statement to clean up her post-match interview after losing to Victoria Mboko in the National Bank Open final.

Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko rallied to defeat four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 and win the National Bank Open title.

Osaka has made progress since returning in last year's Australian Open. She won two matches in both the Australian Open and Wimbledon this year, has earned $725,727 in prize money and reached the No. 49 spot in the WTA rankings, with a higher ranking likely on the way by making the final.

Naomi Osaka struggled to build upon an early edge in her matchup with Victoria Mboko in the 2025 Montreal Open Final.

Mboko has played so much tennis this season for one reason — because she wins and wins and wins some more. She’s just doing it on ever-bigger stages. In addition to Osaka and Rybakina, she beat world No. 2 Coco Gauff and 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin on the way to the title.

After playing in the final in Montreal on Thursday night, it was announced Friday that both would no longer play in the Cincinnati tournament. Mboko, an 18-year-old Canadian who won the first WTA title of her career at the 1000-level event in front of an enamored home crowd,

Naomi Osaka fell to Victoria Mboko in the Canadian Open final, and the Japanese star has decided to withdraw from her next tournament ahead of the U.S. Open

Osaka joined Mboko in pulling out of the main tuneup for the U.S. Open after their gripping contest in Montreal.