After she shocked the tennis world and upset her way to a Canadian Open title, Vicky Mboko took some time off at home in Burlington, Ont., and then she returned to Montreal, site of that biggest win of her career, to prepare for the US Open.

As she made her way around Montreal between practice sessions, strangers regularly stopped Mboko for autographs, photos and words of congratulations, reminding her of the feat she’d just achieved there, climbing her way up world rankings to a career-best 24th after winning her first WTA title.

“Of course, after what she did in Canada, her life is going to change,” says Mboko’s coach, Nathalie Tauziat, the former world No. 3 who’s witnessed the 18-year-old become a household name in the time since they started working together back in December, when M

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