Victoria Mboko completed the best two weeks of her career by winning her first WTA Tour-level title at the National Bank Open in Montreal. Mboko made history, beating four Grand Slam champions, including top seed Coco Gauff in the third and Naomi Osaka in Thursday’s final.

Mboko’s maiden WTA title will propel her into the Top 30 of the WTA rankings for the first time. Consequently, she will overtake countrywoman Leylah Fernandez to become Canada’s new tennis No. 1. Last month, Canada lost two of its prized tennis assets to retirement, with ATP doubles specialist Vasek Pospisil and WTA star Eugenie Bouchard completing their final bouts in the tournament. And the country’s current most recognized tennis name, Bianca Andreescu, withdrew before her second-round matchafter the injury curse

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