On Thursday night in Montreal, 18-year-old Victoria Mboko completed one of the most stunning runs in Canadian tennis history, defeating four-time Grand Slam champion and former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka to win the National Bank Open for her first WTA Tour title .
Playing through a wrist injury suffered during her semifinal win over ninth-seeded Elena Rybakina, the precocious Canadian teen rallied from another rough opening set for a 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 victory over an increasingly sullen Osaka, who hasn't won a tournament since the 2021 Australian Open. Against Rybakina the previous night, Mboko dropped the first set 6-1 before roaring back to take the next two 7-5, 7-6 (4) against the 2022 Wimbledon champion.
A star is born: Canadian teen Mboko outlasts Osaka to win National Bank Open title