Eighteen -year -old Wildcard Victoria is a bag completed a sensational run at the All Banquian National In Montreal, the beating of four Grand Slam champions defeated these two weeks, including a 2-6 6-4 6-1 comeback victory in former world no. 1 Naomi Osaka In the final to claim her first WTA title.
The final did not start in favor of Mboko. The teenager was shaky early and handed over the first set 2-6 to a sharp Osaka, who has participated in her first WTA 1000-final since 2022. But because she has done the tournament for a long time, Mboko groove deep. Despite taking care of a wrist injury that required a hospital visit on the day of the competition, she turned the tide for a packaged and part -time Canadian crowd.
Mboko played through a swollen, stiff wrist and heavily connected, Mboko committed 13 double errors and saw a noticeable decrease in the speed of her first serve. Nevertheless, she broke eight times from Osaka while she managed to convert eight of the nine breaking point options in a match full of 14 total service pause.
When Osaka’s last shot found the net, Mboko fell unbelieving on her knees, overwhelmed by this moment. She then jumped up to embrace her family and coaching team, that of the stands welcomed.
Mboko, born in Charlotte, North Carolina in 2006, from Congolese parents, was raised in Toronto, where she took a tennis racket for the first time at the age of three. She played her first ITF tournament at W15 Prokuplje (Serbia) in 2021 as a 14-year-old. Her season 2025 opened with a 22-match winning streak on the ITF tour and now she raced all the way to the WTA 1000 title, and only became the third Yoker sign ever to win a tournament of this level, in the footsteps of Maria Sharapova (Cincinnati 2011) and Andreescu (Indianputs 2019).
Mboko’s title run in Montreal included victories over four Grand Slam champions, who have won eight large titles between them: Coco Gauff, Sofia Kenin, Elena Rybakina and Osaka. Rank in the 85th place in the tournament, Mboko is expected to go to a career high of no. 24 in next week’s WTA rangers. She started the season outside the top 300.
Osaka, a mother of daughter Shai, made a strong start but could never keep a momentum. This was her most promising run since the return of a pregnancy break of 15 months, but frustration was clear at the end of the game. She chose not to congratulate Mboko on the field.
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