She is a rising star, a fighter, and now, a champion.
Victoria Mboko did it again on Thursday night, recovering the pain of a wrist injury to defeat the four-time Grand Slam Naomi Osaka winner 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the final of the National Bank Open, limiting a fairy tale race that fans in all Canada will not forget soon.
The 18 -year -old Canadian tennis feeling fell to his knees after Osaka fired the network when a strident house full of cheers broke out on the central court of the IGA stadium.
Mboko became the third Canadian to capture the title in the hometown tournament in the open era, joining Bianca Andreescu (2019) and Faye Urban (1969), and the first to do so in Montreal.
Now he will go up to the 25th place in the world ranking of female single, a surprising ascent after starting the year outside the Top 300.
Look | Mboko completes Berth’s return in the NBE final:
The incipient Canadian tennis star fought against multiple points of the game to return and beat the sown No. 9 Elena Rybakina in a rash of the third set.
