{"id":41477,"date":"2025-08-03T23:33:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T23:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/41477\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T23:33:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T23:33:06","slug":"coco-gauff-says-what-is-happening-to-victoria-mboko-which-is-really-unfair-after-losing-to-her-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/41477\/","title":{"rendered":"Coco Gauff says what is happening to Victoria Mboko which is really unfair after losing to her in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Coco Gauff\u2019s Canadian Open campaign has come to an end in the fourth round after losing to home hope Victoria Mboko. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/coco-gauff-reveals-what-she-told-victoria-mboko-after-being-beaten-by-her-at-the-canadian-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mboko defeated the first seed<\/a> in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4, to earn a maiden top ten win and advance to the quarterfinals of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/wta\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WTA<\/a> 1000 event for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>It is by far the biggest win of the 18-year-old\u2019s career, who became the first Canadian to reach the last eight at the tournament since Bianca Andreescu in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Following the match, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/coco-gauff\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gauff<\/a> discussed the level of her conqueror and said where she sees her game going in the future.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2227570972-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Coco Gauff of the United States congratulates Victoria Mboko of Canada for her victory during their fourth round singles women's match on Day Seven of the WTA 1000 National Bank Open at IGA Stadium.\" class=\"wp-image-117356\" \/>Photo by Minas Panagiotakis\/Getty ImagesCoco Gauff speaks about comparisons between herself and Victoria Mboko<\/p>\n<p>When asked if she recognises herself in Mboko, Gauff said: \u201cNo, she\u2019s a completely different player, completely different person.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never been one to compare myself to others, whether it be like people comparing me to Serena or Venus, and I don\u2019t think it\u2019s fair to put that on her as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, but I do see someone who is going to have a really bright future, for sure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, she\u2019s very athletic. She\u2019s a great ball striker, and she seems pretty positive out there on the court, doesn\u2019t get really too negative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know her too well, but I\u2019ve gotten to talk to her a little bit over the course since Rome. I think she has a great support system around her, and I think that\u2019s important when you\u2019re young and on tour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, hopefully we have many more battles, and I look forward to playing her again in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Victoria Mboko\u2019s breakthrough season on the WTA in 2025<\/p>\n<p>Mboko recorded her first tour-level win at the Miami Open this year, where she was given a wildcard, beating Camila Osorio in the first round before losing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/paula-badosa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paula Badosa<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>She then reached the second round of the Italian Open before entering her first Grand Slam at Roland Garros, where she was knocked out in round three. <\/p>\n<p>EventResultCanadian OpenQuarterfinalsWashington OpenSecond RoundWimbledonSecond RoundFrench OpenThird RoundItalian OpenSecond RoundMiami OpenSecond RoundVictoria Mboko\u2019s results in WTA events this year<\/p>\n<p>At Wimbledon, Mboko made it through qualifying and defeated 25th seed Magdalena Frech in her opening clash, but couldn\u2019t find a way past Hailey Baptiste in the second round. <\/p>\n<p>After losing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/elena-rybakina\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elena Rybakina<\/a> early on in the Washington Open, the young star is tearing through her half of the draw in Montreal, having dropped just one set so far. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coco Gauff\u2019s Canadian Open campaign has come to an end in the fourth round after losing to home&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,11230,18937,85,747,27517,2637],"class_list":{"0":"post-41477","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-canadian-open","11":"tag-coco-gauff","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tennis","14":"tag-victoria-mboko","15":"tag-wta"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}