The rising star of Canadian female tennis Victoria Mboko did not miss its debut in the main draw of the Omnium Banque Nationale de Montréal.
La Torontoise aged 18 won her first round match 7-5, 6-3 on Sunday, against Australian Kimberly Birrell.
Mboko, 88th in the world, needed 1 hour 34 minutes to overcome the 76th world racket.
The match was played under a blazing sun on the central court of the IGA stadium. Mboko ended the match thanks to an ace.
“I was honored to benefit from such support from the crowd today,” reacted Mboko, who pleased the crowd with a few words pronounced in French.
In the second round, Mboko will face the American and 23rd seeded Sofia Kenin, who benefited from a pass in the first round.
Mboko started his match in force on Sunday, winning the first game in service, then breaking the service of his rival during the next game, for an advantage of 2-0. However, Birrell immediately replied with a service break.
It was then necessary to wait for the 12th game of the first round that a player obtains another breakdown. She went to Mboko, who took the opportunity to win the first set, when Birrell was imprecise.
In the second round, Mboko obtained the key service broken during the fourth game. She then saved a broken ball using an ace, three games later.
In all, Mboko hammered 16 AS during the meeting, including 10 in the first round.
Mboko is experiencing a meteoric climb on the circuit and at the forefront of his successes, there is his family. Our colleague Antonin Besner met the parents of the young Ahtlete near the field after his match and the latter testified the pride they feel for their daughter. However, they are not surprised that she stands out as her career is synonymous with triumph.
“I am proud of her. It is a long -term work, since she is very small that she has worked very hard. I am very proud of her, ”said her mother, Godee Kitadi Muhini at the microphone of RDS.
“If you look at her career, since she was young, she has always won. There is no period of her life as a tennis player where she did not report a trophy at home, “said her father Cyprien Mboko.
“We try to keep it modest and simple, far from the media and all comments. It is for his health first, ”he replied later on the new reality of his daughter who must deal with the popularity and pressure of expectations.
Earlier on Sunday, Ontario Marina Stakusic launched hostilities to national banking omnium by losing 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 against the Romanian Jaqueline Cristian.
Classified 49th in the world, Cristian broke the service of his rival six times on eight occasions. For his part, Stakusic, 142nd, has managed four service breakdown on nine occasions.
The duel lasted 1 hour 56 minutes.
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Two other Canadian women will play first round match later Sunday.
Then, in the evening, Ontario Bianca Andreescu was to meet the iron with the Czech Barbora Krejcikova before giving way to the British-Colombian Rebecca Marino, who was to face the French Elsa Jacquemot.
The Westmountain Eugenie Bouchard, who participates in a last career tournament, will enter her stage on Monday evening, against the Colombian Emiliana Arango.
For his part, Leylah Annie Fernandez, who won the title in Washington on Sunday, is expected to play her first round match in Montreal against the Australian Maya joined on Tuesday.
