18-year-old Canadian Victoria Mboko is sensational for the first time in a WTA final.
At the home tournament in Montreal, the current number 85 of the world defeated the Wimbledon winner from 2022, Elena Rybakina, 1: 6, 7: 5, 7: 6 (7: 4)-and put the domestic audience in tennis ecstasy.
Mboko had already caused a sensation in the round of 16 when she surprisingly defeated the world rank -second Coco Gauff in just 62 minutes with 6: 4, 6: 1. With her sensational run, after the tournament, she will first advance to the top 50 in the world rankings – a huge leap for the Toronto teenager.
Mboko meets Osaka in the final
The semi -final start was anything but promising: Rybakina dominated the first set with her powerful service game and left Mboko barely breathing. But cheered on by a loud, exciting amount, Mboko found her game in the second set – courageous, fast, variable. She took the serve for the first time and fought for the first time and fought for 7: 5 equalization.
In the decisive third set, both delivered a duel at eye level. A short moment of fright: Mboko fell after a running duel and had to be treated on the wrist. But she bit her teeth together, saved herself into the tie -break – and converted her first match ball with a brave backhand return.
In the final, the Canadian exceptional talent now meets Naomi Osaka – with the chance to make herself immortal in her home country.