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...
Coco Gauff defeated Karolina Muchova in straights sets 6-3, 6-4 in the final of the Cincinnati Open to claim her first-ever WTA 1000 title. The American teenage sensation and seventh seed recorded arguably the biggest win of her career when she stunned world number one Iga Swiatek in three sets in the semi-finals, her first win over the Pole in seven attempts. Gauff started brightly against...
Coco Gauff claimed her first win over Iga Swiatek as she defeated the Polish star 7-6 (7-2), 3-6, 6-4 to reach the final of the WTA 1000 Cincinnati Open. The 19-year-old American met the world number one seven times previously without managing to win a single set, including their last outing at the 2023 French Open quarter-finals which Swiatek won 6-4, 6-2. Saturday's encounter was a...
World No. 6 Coco Gauff cruised past compatriot Madison Keys in straight sets in the quarterfinals to reach the last four of the ongoing Dubai Tennis Championships. The 18-year-old defeated Keys 6-2, 7-5 to reach her third semifinal at the WTA 1000 level or above in her career. There it is 💪@CocoGauff defeats Keys and goes on to face Swiatek in her second career WTA...
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