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Canadian Open, Mboko and Naomi Osaka

Victoria Mboko’s tennis rise takes her past Naomi Osaka at Canadian Open for first WTA Tour title
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.
Who is Victoria Mboko, the 18-year-old who defeated Naomi Osaka to win her first title at the Canadian Open?
Victoria Mboko didn’t even have a picture on the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) website before the Canadian Open in Montreal. Now, the 18-year-old has defeated four-time grand slam champion Naomi Osaka in the first WTA Tour final of her career.
Teenage Tennis Phenom Victoria Mboko Captures Canadian Open in Emotional Win
Victoria Mboko's incredible run at the Canadian Open came to a victorious end on Thursday night when the 18-year-old beat four-time major champion Naomi Osaka in the final. It's Mboko's first career WTA title.
Victoria Mboko: The Canadian tennis talent who can’t stop winning arrives at her home event
Mboko has won 51 matches in 2025, two of those at a Grand Slam and seven on her Canadian Open title run. But she's here for the long haul.
Tennis-Teen sensation Mboko stuns Osaka to win Canadian Open
Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko staged a stunning comeback on Thursday to defeat four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka 2-6 6-4 6-1 claiming her maiden WTA 1000 title at the Canadian Open. The 18-year-old staged a remarkable comeback after losing the opening set to the Japanese former world number one,
Canadian teen Mboko outlasts Osaka to win WTA Montreal crown
Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko conquered four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 on Thursday, capping a fairytale run at the WTA Canadian Open with her first WTA title.
Mboko Upsets Osaka to Win Montreal WTA 1000
Victoria Mboko and Naomi Osaka faced off in a final that was unexpected for the audience, but to their great delight, as one of their compatriots was competing. The match started poorly for Mboko. She lost the first set 6-2,

Canadian tennis star Victoria Mboko claims National Bank Open title

Victoria Mboko won the National Bank Open final on Thursday, marking her first WTA Tour title. She is the first Canadian to ...

Tennis-Shelton outlasts Khachanov to win first Masters 1000 title at Canadian Open

American fourth seed Ben Shelton battled from a set down to clinch his first ATP Masters 1000 title at the Canadian Open on ...
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Naomi Osaka’s Canadian Open Loss Keeps Everyone Talking, but for All the Wrong Reasons

Naomi Osaka’s return to the court at the Canadian Open should have been a “welcome back” moment. Instead, it turned into an ...

Tennis star Victoria Mboko, 18, reveals she was in hospital just hours before beating Naomi Osaka in Canadian Open final

VICTORIA MBOKO was in hospital just hours before winning the Canadian Open final. The 18-year-old star beat the four-time ...

Tennis pro Vicky Mboko makes history after bagging Canada Open title

At 18, Mboko became the youngest Canadian woman in the Open Era to win the Canadian Open tennis title after a comeback win over Naomi Osaka ...
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Ben Shelton’s Breakout Moment at the Canadian Open is Serving Up Drama that Tennis Needs

Ben Shelton’s performance at the 2025 Canadian Open wasn’t just a match; it was a statement. And boy, did he deliver it on ...

Cincinnati Open Aug. 9 schedule, 1st-round ATP, WTA results

Many of the top stars will come out as play in the Round of 64 begins on Aug. 9 in the Cincinnati Open in Mason.

Canadian Open: Naomi Osaka celebrates 1st time ‘back in another finals’ since 2022

Naomi Osaka saved herself from another close exit, closing out a narrow 6-2, 7-6 victory over Clara Tauson at the Canadian ...

Tennis-Osaka sails into Canadian Open semis, Shelton knocks out De Minaur

(Reuters) -Four-times Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka reached the semi-finals of the Canadian Open for the first time after ...