{"id":68877,"date":"2025-08-09T01:02:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T01:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/68877\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T01:02:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T01:02:07","slug":"qinwen-zheng-made-a-comment-about-victoria-mboko-in-may-this-year-which-is-now-looking-incredibly-accurate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/68877\/","title":{"rendered":"Qinwen Zheng made a comment about Victoria Mboko in May this year which is now looking incredibly accurate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Victoria Mboko is the talk of the tennis world right now following the biggest win of her professional career.<\/p>\n

Travelling home for the Canadian Open<\/a>, Mboko was determined to make her presence felt.<\/p>\n

Doing just that, Mboko stunned Coco Gauff<\/a> in the fourth round, knocking out the two-time Grand Slam champion in straight sets.<\/p>\n

\"VictoriaPhoto by Robert Prange\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Wins over Jessica Bouzas Maneiro and Elena Rybakina<\/a> followed, as the 18-year-old advanced to the Canadian Open final.<\/p>\n

There, Mboko defeated Naomi Osaka<\/a> 2-6, 6-4, 6-1, lifting the title in front of her adoring fans in Montreal.<\/p>\n

Ranked 350th in the world just eight months ago, Mboko<\/a> will now head to New York for the US Open as a seeded player.<\/p>\n

Few would\u2019ve predicted her to make such a rapid rise to the top, although one of Mboko\u2019s fellow WTA<\/a> stars noticed her potential when they played each other in May.<\/p>\n

Qinwen Zheng was \u2018100% sure\u2019 Victoria Mboko was headed to the top after their match at Roland Garros<\/p>\n

Mboko headed to Paris in May, looking to qualify for her first Grand Slam tournament.<\/p>\n

Advancing to the main draw without dropping a set, Mboko picked up her first wins at a major tournament.<\/p>\n

2025 French Open Q1 \u2013 Victoria Mboko defeated Sinja Kraus, 6-4, 6-22025 French Open Q2 \u2013 Victoria Mboko defeated Kathinka von Deichmann, 6-3, 6-22025 French Open Q3 \u2013 Victoria Mboko defeated Kaja Juvan, 7-5, 6-32025 French Open 1R \u2013 Victoria Mboko defeated Lulu Sun, 6-1, 7-62025 French Open 2R \u2013 Victoria Mboko defeated Eva Lys, 6-4, 6-4<\/p>\n

Booking her place in the third round, Mboko met the number eight seed, Qinwen Zheng<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mboko gave it her all, but couldn\u2019t pick up the win as she fell to a 3-6, 4-6 defeat on Court Simonne-Mathieu.<\/p>\n

The Olympic gold medalists\u2019 experience proved vital in Paris, as she was by far the more clinical of the two players, converting all four of her break points en route to victory.<\/p>\n

PlayerAcesDouble faults1st Serve %Win % on 1st ServeWin % on 2nd ServeBreak pointsQinwen Zheng3263%70%59%4\/4Victoria Mboko0365%60%38%2\/8Stats from Victoria Mboko v Qinwen Zheng at the 2025 French Open<\/p>\n

Impressed with Mboko\u2019s efforts, Zheng shared her prediction about the teenager\u2019s future during her post-match press conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor sure, she will be one of the best players in the future,\u201d said Zheng.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m 100% sure because she has already got the strength, the game. There is nothing more I can say.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"VictoriaPhoto by Tim Clayton\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Zheng proceeded to highlight the three qualities Mboko possesses that she believes will send her right to the very top.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe hits the ball really hard, and then she has a great serve. She has, you know, huge power. She moves on the court really well,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was honestly a really tricky and tough match, because I know if my mental goes a bit down or I lose focus, I felt she was going to turn the match around.\u201d <\/p>\n

The Chinese star was glad to have secured the win, but was made acutely aware of just how talented Mboko is during their clash in Paris.<\/p>\n

Defeating four Grand Slam champions in Montreal, Mboko showed that she is already \u2018one of the best\u2019 around, proving Zheng right.<\/p>\n

Victoria Mboko\u2019s wins over Grand Slam champions in Canada3R v Sofia Kenin (2020 Australian Open champion)4R v Coco Gauff (2023 US Open, 2025 French Open champion)SF v Elena Rybakina (2022 Wimbledon champion)F v Naomi Osaka (2018 US Open, 2019 Australian Open, 2020 US Open, 2021 Australian Open champion)<\/p>\n

Mboko\u2019s rise to the top has been incredible this year, as in the space of eight months, Mboko has become a true contender on the WTA Tour.<\/p>\n

Victoria Mboko\u2019s ranking progression in 2025<\/p>\n

Beginning the year ranked 350th in the world, Mboko has raced up the rankings and will be a top-30 player come Monday.<\/p>\n

Month (End of)RankTitles wonDecember 2024350\u2013January 20252683 \u2013 Le Lamentin, Petit Bourg (ITF W35), Georgia\u2019s Rome Open (ITF W75)February2121 \u2013 Manchester (ITF W35)March1561 \u2013 Porto Indoor (ITF W75)April156\u2013May120\u2013June 97\u2013July85\u2013August 11 (Live Rank)241 \u2013 Canadian Open (WTA 1000)Victoria Mboko\u2019s rank by month <\/p>\n

It remains to be seen where the 18-year-old will be ranked at the end of the year, but at this rate, anything is possible.<\/p>\n

Mboko is scheduled to return to action at the US Open, which begins on Sunday, August 24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Victoria Mboko is the talk of the tennis world right now following the biggest win of her professional…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[24451,99,428,36053,654],"class_list":{"0":"post-68877","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-qinwen-zheng","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-tennis","11":"tag-victoria-mboko","12":"tag-wta"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}