The 18-Year-Old Tennis Player Who Took Down Four Major Champions
But those who had watched Victoria Mboko, the heavy-hitting young Canadian, could sense that she was heading for bigger stages. And on Thursday in Montreal, she finally arrived. Mboko, 18, won her first title on the WTA Tour by beating former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 in front of 11,000 home fans.
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