Who is Victoria Mboko? Canada's newest tennis sensation climbs the ladder at the Canadian Open
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The last of nine Canadians remaining in the final tournament bracket, Mboko collected her sixth win against a top-50 player, 18-year-old Czech star, Marie Bouzkova, over three sets.
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The two players have squared off before on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour, but only once. It was during the Italian Open earlier this year and Gauff prevailed. That was on clay. Now, they'll face off on a hard court.
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'I'm going to kind of go into the match how I usually go into every other match despite the surface,' Mboko told The Tennis Gazette after her victory in the third round. 'I'm going to show up with how I play, and I just hope for the best.'
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In round two, she faced Sofia Kenin, an American and a seeded player (a player who is highly ranked and placed strategically in a tournament by the organizers to prevent top players from having to face each other in early rounds).
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Against Bouzkova in the third round, Mboko appeared to falter, losing the first set 6-1, but she got her groove back in front of the home crowd and secured a place in the round of 16 (the last round before the quarter-finals).
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