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Mboko upsets Rybakina to book Canadian Open final with Osaka
Business World Philippines
|August 08, 2025
TEENAGER Victoria Mboko survived a first-set wobble to battle toa 1-6, 7-5, 7-6(4), win over 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina and set up a Canadian Open showdown with Naomi Osaka, while men’s top seed Alexander Zverev was stunned by Karen Khachanov.
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Mboko, ranked 85th in the world, saved amatch point against Kazakh ninth seed Rybakina in front of adoring home support as the 18-year-old became the first Canadian to beat three former Grand Slam champions ina single WTA event in the Open Era.
She has beaten Sofia Kenin, Coco Gauff and Rybakina in her stunning run to the final in Montreal.
She is also just the third wildcard to reach the final at the Canadian Open in the Open Era after Monica Seles in 1995 and Simona Halep in 2015.
This story is from the August 08, 2025 edition of Business World Philippines.
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