Victoria Mboko won the first WTA 1000 title of her career as she upset four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka in the final of the Canadian Open in Montreal on Thursday, Afrosport reports. The 18-year-old Canadian of DR Congo heritage, was playing in her first WTA final and had beaten Grand Slam champions, Sofia Kenin, Coco Gauff and Elena Rybakina on the way. Mboko was broken...
Victoria Mboko reached the first-ever WTA 1000 final after upsetting former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina in the semi-finals of the Canadian Open in Montreal, Afrosport reports. The 18-year-old Canadian of DR Congo heritage lost the first set but saved a match point in the second set before going on to seal a 1-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-4) win over Rybakina. Mboko, who is currently ranked 85th in...
World number one Iga Swiatek has appointed former Naomi Osaka trainer, Wim Fissette, as her new coach, Afrosport reports. Swiatek parted ways with former coach Tomasz Wiktorowski earlier in the month after three seasons together with the Pole. Belgian Fissette, who recently worked with Osaka, has also coached former Grand Slam winners Kim Clijsters and Angelique Kerber in the past. "I want to say that I’m...
Botic van de Zandschulp has delivered the biggest shock of the ongoing US Open as the Dutch tennis star knocked out third seed and four-time Grand Slam winner Carlos Alcaraz in the second round at the Arthur Ashe Stadium. Zandschulp defeated the Spaniard 6-1, 7-5, 6-4 in straight sets to progress into the third round, ending Alcaraz’s 15-match winning run at the majors. Alcaraz looked flat...
Naomi Osaka was knocked out of the 2024 Wimbledon championship after suffering a straight sets 6-4, 6-1 second round loss to American Emma Navarro on Wednesday. The Japanese superstar got past France's Diane Parry in three sets (6-1, 1-6, 6-4) in the first round but had no such power against Navarro. Osaka was broken in seventh game of the first set while it got worse in...
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