MONTREAL — Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko accomplished a dream run to the Nationwide Financial institution Open title Thursday evening, overcoming a sluggish begin to beat Japanese star Naomi Osaka 2-6, 6-4, 6-1.
Mboko, 18, received her first WTA Tour title and joined Faye City in 1969 and Bianca Andreescu in 2019 as the one Canadians to win the house occasion within the open period.
Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, to Congolese mother and father, Mboko grew up in Toronto. Ranked eighty fifth on this planet, she upset top-seeded Coco Gauff 6-1, 6-4 on Saturday to achieve the quarterfinals.
Osaka, a four-time Grand Slam champion who reached No. 1 on this planet, had her finest efficiency in a WTA 1000 match since reaching the Miami ultimate in 2022. She stepped away for 15 months towards the top of that season and had daughter Shai in July 2023. She has not received a match because the 2021 Australian Open.