It was the miracle shot that launched a non-shot that launched a thousand diss shots.

Victoria Mboko, demonstrating her speed and agility, sprints and stretches to retrieve a volley at the net. The lunge sends her skidding and tumbling but the ball is returned with a flick of her tightly taped wrist, popping over the cord. Naomi Osaka, mere feet away, must have clocked the return. Yet she makes no attempt to reach for it.

The four-time Grand Slam champion had, for all intents and purposes, checked out of the sequence, checked out of the match, scarcely watches the winner fall. Simply turns her back and walks away.

OH MY GOD VICTORIA MBOKO đŸ”„ pic.twitter.com/qoE1ZxVaKh — Owen (@kostekcanu) August 8, 2025

Mboko would later describe that series of shots thusly: “At that point I had

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