In front of a buoyant home crowd Mboko struggled in the first set with faults but found the crucial break, and had a slow start in the second before breaking her opponent in the fourth and sixth games to take a 4-2 advantage.<\/p>\n
\n Who is Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko?\n <\/p>\n
Victoria Mboko has had a breakthrough year in which she has surged from outside of the top 300 to a career-high No 85 and is expected to climb to No 55.<\/p>\n
Mboko showed promise as a junior. She won her first professional singles title at the ITF W25 tournament in Saskatoon in 2022, a title she successfully defended in 2023.<\/p>\n
Mboko opened the season with a 22-match win streak and captured five titles on the lower-tier ITF Tour.<\/p>\n
She then qualified for her first Grand Slam main draw at the French Open, where she reached the third round, before stunning 25th-seeded Magdalena Frech in the first round at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n
“To play in Canada, in front of a home crowd, I train here, so it’s always a great opportunity to be here,” Mboko said.<\/p>\n
“It’s been an unreal experience and I couldn’t be more grateful.”<\/p>\n
Mboko is the first Canadian to reach the WTA 1000 event’s semi-finals since Bianca Andreescu’s title run in 2019. She’s also the youngest woman to reach the semis since Belinda Bencic’s 2015 win in Toronto.<\/p>\n
In Montreal, Mboko has claimed wins over 79th-ranked Kimberly Birrell, No 23 seed Sofia Kenin, 39th-ranked Marie Bouzkova and Gauff.<\/p>\n
The teenager is now set to face the 2022 Wimbledon winner Elena Rybakina, who led Marta Kostyuk 6-1 2-1 when the Ukrainian was forced to retire hurt due to a suspected arm injury in their quarter-final.<\/p>\n
Rybakina, the No 9 seed from Kazakhstan, converted three of her 10 break-point chances during the match before the players shook hands at the 54-minute mark, and 24th seed Kostyuk left the court in tears.<\/p>\n
The quarter-finals continue on Tuesday as No 6 seed Madison Keys, the highest-seeded player remaining in the tournament, faces No 16 Clara Tauson, and former No 1-ranked Naomi Osaka meets No 10 seed Elina Svitolina, with the final taking place on Thursday.<\/p>\n
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