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Mboko, 18, caps Montreal run with 1st WTA title

created: Aug. 8, 2025, 10:25 a.m. | updated: Aug. 8, 2025, 4:03 p.m.

Open Extended ReactionsCanadian teenager Victoria Mboko completed a dream run to the National Bank Open title Thursday night, overcoming a slow start to beat Japanese star Naomi Osaka 2-6, 6-4, 6-1. After the match, when the crowd applauded Osaka with some yelling mixed in, she said, "Thanks, I guess," and did not congratulate Mboko. 1 in the world, had her best performance in a WTA 1000 tournament since reaching the Miami final in 2022. Mboko is the third wild card to win a WTA 1000 title event, following Maria Sharapova at Cincinnati in 2011 and Andreescu at Indian Wells in 2019. She is the second-lowest-ranked player to win either a WTA 1000 or Tier-1 title since the Tier-1 category began in 1990.

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