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Naomi Osaka, Canadian Open and Mboko

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.
Victoria Mboko defeats collapsing Naomi Osaka for first WTA title at Canadian Open
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.
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.
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,
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 tops Naomi Osaka in Montreal for 1st WTA title
Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko completed a dream run to the National Bank Open title Thursday night, overcoming a slow start to beat Japanese star Naomi Osaka 2-6, 6-4, 6-1. The 18-year-old Mboko, who will jump from 85th to 25th in the world,
Canadian teen Victoria Mboko completes dream run in Montreal with first WTA Tour title
I would have never thought something like this would have came so suddenly. It just proves that your dreams are closer than they (seem).”The crowd was so rowdy, the umpire repeatedly asked fans to “please be quiet during the points.
Canadian teenager Mboko beats Osaka to win first WTA title
Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko defied a swollen right wrist to come from a set down on Friday to outwit the four-time major champion Naomi Osaka and claim her first senior tour title at the Canadian Open.
Victoria Mboko completes dream run with first WTA Tour title
Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko completed a dream run to the National Bank Open title Thursday night, overcoming a slow start to beat Japanese star Naomi Osaka 2-6, 6-4, 6-1. The 18-year-old Mboko — who will jump from 85th to 25th in the world — won her first WTA Tour title and joined Faye Urban in 1969 and Bianca Andreescu in 2019 as the only Canadians to win the home event in the open era.
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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 ...