Naomi Osaka hasn\u2019t won a singles title since 2021, 18-year-old Canadian Victoria Mboko hasn\u2019t won any. Osaka and Mboko face off in the National Bank Open final Thursday at 6 p.m. ET, with precedent on the line for whoever wins.<\/p>\n
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What: National Bank Open, women\u2019s singles final<\/p>\n
Who: Naomi Osaka vs. Victoria Mboko<\/p>\n
When: Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025<\/p>\n
Where: Centre Court, IGA Stadium, Montreal, Quebec<\/p>\n
Time: 6 p.m. ET<\/p>\n
TV: Tennis Channel<\/p>\n
Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko rallied to reach the National Bank Open final, beating ninth-seeded Elena Rybakina 1-6, 7-5, 7-6 (4) on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
The 18-year-old Mboko dropped to the court after Rybakina\u2019s shot sailed long on match point as the crowd \u2014 lined with \u201cAllez Vicky\u201d \u2014 erupted. Mboko saved a match point in the third set and broke Rybakina twice to force the tiebreaker.<\/p>\n
\u201cIncredible match, thank you to everyone for supporting me,\u201d Mboko told the crowd in French. \u201cIt was really difficult, but anything can happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Thursday night, she\u2019ll face Japanese star Naomi Osaka, a 6-2, 7-6 (7) winner over 16th-seeded Clara Tauson of Denmark in the second semifinal.<\/p>\n
Mboko, ranked 85th in the world, is seeking her first WTA Tour title and trying to join Faye Urban (1969) and Bianca Andreescu (2019) as the only Canadians to win the home event in the open era.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlaying in front of the home crowd, obviously, has its advantages,\u201d Mboko said. \u201cYou always have everyone pumping you up as much as they can. It really pulls me through in the tough moments where I\u2019m maybe not as positive. Really blessed to have that kind of support.\u201d<\/p>\n
Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, to Congolese parents, Mboko grew up in Toronto. She upset top-seeded Coco Gauff 6-1, 6-4 on Saturday to reach the quarterfinals, then topped Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-4, 6-2 on Monday. At 2 hours, 46 minutes, the match Wednesday was the longest of Mboko\u2019s short tour career.<\/p>\n
From Kazakhstan, Rybakina won at Wimbledon in 2022. She has nine career WTA Tour victories, winning in May on clay at Strasbourg. Rybakina beat Mboko 6-3, 7-5 last month in Washington.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew that she was a tough opponent,\u201d Rybakina said. \u201cShe served really well in these important moments. It was a very close match, like a big fight. So it could go any way, but it went hers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mboko overcame 11 double-faults and battled through a wrist injury after stumbling awkwardly to the ground in the second game of the third set. She\u2019ll will move up to at least 34th in the world after starting the year outside the top 300.<\/p>\n
Mboko said her wrist felt \u201ca lot better\u201d after the match, but in the moment, the fall almost crushed her spirits.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was playing really great tennis on top of that, but I\u2019m happy that I kept my composure,\u201d Mboko said. \u201cI was patient in the right moments. I just feel really happy that I was able to bounce back after being down, even a match point, I think.\u201d<\/p>\n
Osaka, the four-time Grand Slam champion who reached No. 1 in the world, continued her best performance in a WTA 1000 tournament since reaching the Miami final in 2022. She stepped for 15 months toward the end of that season and had daughter Shai in July 2023. She\u2019s seeking her eighth title and her first since the 2021 Australian Open.
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