Canadian sensation Victoria is a pocketaged 18 and 85th in the world, managed to win the Canada Open, a WTA 1000 tournament, its first title on the main circuit Thursday in Montreal.
Mboko, another 350th in the world at the end of 2024, dominated the ex-world Japanese world Naomi osaka 2-6, 6-4, 6-1. The Japanese has been playing her first grand finale since the birth of her daughter in July 2023. The young Canadian, who had previously eliminated the world N.2 Coco Gauffnevertheless had trouble finding the pace at the start of the final, committing 22 direct faults from the first round, and many double faults throughout the game.
Osaka, who seemed to have the match in hand after a very solid first round, showed signs of nervousness from the second set and began to make many faults, seeming to completely let go of the game.
With this first success in Masters 1000, Mboko, which will celebrate its 19th birthday at the end of the month, continues its big year 2025 during which it won four tournaments on the secondary circuit and qualified for the 3rd round at Roland-Garros.
She will enter the 30 best players in the world at the end of the tournament. Born in the United States of parents who left in 1999 the Democratic Republic of Congo, Victoria Mboko grew up in Canada and embarked on courts from the age of three, with the model Serena Williams.