Wildcard Victoria Mboko clinched the Canadian Open title on Thursday, beating former world No.1 Naomi Osaka. Mboko’s win is historic in many ways as she defeated multiple Grand Slam winners in the tournament.
Victoria Mboko stunned the tennis world on Thursday as she defeated four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka to clinch the National Bank Open title (Canadian Open). In her first WTA final, the 18-year-old Canadian teenager, who was wild card entry into the tournament, defeated Osaka 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the final.
Mboko is the third wild card to win a WTA 1000 title event, following Maria Sharapova at Cincinnati in 2011 and Bianca Andreescu at Indian Wells in 2019. She is also the only Canadian to win the home event in the Open Era after Faye Urban in 1969 and Bianca Andreescu in 2019.
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