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CTV News
23-05-2025
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- CTV News
Toronto teen Victoria Mboko breaks through to French Open main draw
Canada's Victoria Mboko hits a return to United States' Coco Gauff during the Italian Open tennis tournament, Friday, May 9, 2025, in Rome. (Alfredo Falcone/LaPresse via AP) PARIS — Victoria Mboko is into her first Grand Slam main draw after beating Slovenia's Kaja Juvan 7-5, 6-3 in the final round of French Open qualifying Friday. The 18-year-old from Toronto hit two aces, converted six of nine break-point opportunities and closed the match in 93 minutes on Court 12. It's the latest breakthrough in a season where she's won 40 of 45 matches, mostly on the lower-tier ITF circuit, with five titles and eye-catching appearances at WTA events in Miami and Rome, where she took a set off world No. 2 Coco Gauff. Mboko, who did not drop a set in qualifying, opens main-draw play Sunday against No. 45 Lulu Sun of New Zealand. Mboko, looking to improve her current ranking of No. 122, joins Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., in the women's singles draw at Roland-Garros, and fellow Canadians Felix Auger-Aliassime and Gabriel Diallo, both of Montreal, and Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont, on the men's side. Fernandez, ranked 27th in the world, opens against No. 34 Olga Danilovic of Serbia. Shapovalov, ranked 27th on the men's side, opens against No. 48 Pedro Martinez of Spain. No. 29 Auger-Aliassime faces No. 39 Matteo Arnaldi of Italy, and Diallo, ranked 53rd, faces No. 18 Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina. Auger-Aliassime's French Open tune-up came to an end Friday with a 6-1, 6-4 loss to Andrey Rublev in the semifinals of the Hamburg Open. The loss dropped Auger-Aliassime's record against the Russian to 1-7. Still, getting in four competitive matches on clay at the ATP 500 event will help after Auger-Aliassime pulled out of the Italian Open earlier this month with a sore back. Auger-Aliassime's three wins in Hamburg were his first on clay this season. He hadn't won on tour since a second-round victory in Miami back in March. Fernandez and Diallo will also compete in doubles, while Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski teams up with New Zealand's Erin Routliffe in women's doubles. Rob Shaw of North Bay, Ont., received a wild card into the wheelchair quad singles and doubles draws.
CBC
23-05-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Toronto teen Victoria Mboko breaks through to French Open main draw
Victoria Mboko is into her first Grand Slam main draw after beating Slovenia's Kaja Juvan 7-5, 6-3 in the final round of French Open qualifying Friday. The 18-year-old from Toronto hit two aces, converted six of nine break-point opportunities and closed the match in 93 minutes on Court 12. It's the latest breakthrough in a season where she's won 40 of 45 matches, mostly on the lower-tier ITF circuit, with five titles and eye-catching appearances at WTA events in Miami and Rome, where she took a set off world No. 2 Coco Gauff. Mboko, who did not drop a set in qualifying, opens main-draw play Sunday against No. 45 Lulu Sun of New Zealand. Canadians at Roland-Garros Mboko, looking to improve her current ranking of No. 122, joins Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., in the women's singles draw at Roland-Garros, and fellow Canadians Felix Auger-Aliassime and Gabriel Diallo, both of Montreal, and Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont, on the men's side. Fernandez, ranked 27th in the world, opens against No. 34 Olga Danilovic of Serbia. Shapovalov, ranked 27th on the men's side, opens against No. 48 Pedro Martinez of Spain. No. 29 Auger-Aliassime faces No. 39 Matteo Arnaldi of Italy, and Diallo, ranked 53rd, faces No. 18 Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina. Auger-Aliassime's French Open tune-up came to an end Friday with a 6-1, 6-4 loss to Andrey Rublev in the semifinals of the Hamburg Open. The loss dropped Auger-Aliassime's record against the Russian to 1-7. Still, getting in four competitive matches on clay at the ATP 500 event will help after Auger-Aliassime pulled out of the Italian Open earlier this month with a sore back. Auger-Aliassime's three wins in Hamburg were his first on clay this season. He hadn't won on tour since a second-round victory in Miami back in March. Fernandez and Diallo will also compete in doubles, while Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski teams up with New Zealand's Erin Routliffe in women's doubles.
CNA
23-05-2025
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- CNA
Italian Cobolli to face Rublev in Hamburg final
HAMBURG, Germany :Italy's Flavio Cobolli came from a set down to battle past Tomas Etcheverry of Argentina and reach the Hamburg Open final with a 2-6 7-5 6-4 win on Friday. With the French Open starting on Sunday, Cobolli dug deep to come from 3-1 behind in the second set before reaching his second final of the season in which he will face Andrey Rublev. The Russian third seed, a winner in Hamburg in 2020 and losing finalist in 2019, eased past Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada 6-1 6-4 and will now bid for his second title of the season after winning the Qatar Open. Claycourt specialist Etcheverry earned his first break points in the sixth game and he converted on the third opportunity to go 4-2 up. He then broke Cobolli, ranked 35th in the world, when the erratic Italian - who had 18 unforced errors at that stage, three times as many as his opponent - double-faulted on Etcheverry's third set point. Etcheverry initially kept up the pressure, hitting the ball deep, with one shot landing flat on the baseline to break his opponent again and go 3-1 up. Cobolli, however, was not done, cutting down his error count and pinning Etcheverry to the baseline with longer rallies. He twice broke the world number 55 to go 6-5 up and held serve to grab the second set. The third went with serve until Cobolli broke to go 5-4 up, going on to reach the biggest final of his career on his first match point. Rublev enjoyed an easier semi-final, breaking his opponent twice in the first set.
CNA
23-05-2025
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- CNA
Italian Cobolli battles past Etcheverry to reach Hamburg Open final
HAMBURG, Germany :Italy's Flavio Cobolli came from a set down to battle past Tomas Etcheverry of Argentina and reach the Hamburg Open final with a 2-6 7-5 6-4 win on Friday. Days before the start of the French Open on Sunday, Cobolli dug deep to come from 3-1 behind in the second set before reaching his second final of the season following his win in Bucharest. He will now play the winner of the other semi-final later on Friday between third seed Andrey Rublev and Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada, eyeing a third title this season after wins in Adelaide and Montpellier. Claycourt specialist Etcheverry earned his first break points in the sixth game and he converted on the third opportunity to go 4-2 up. He then broke Cobolli, ranked 35th in the world, when the erratic Italian - who had 18 unforced errors at that stage, three times as many as his opponent - double-faulted on Etcheverry's third set point. Etcheverry initially kept up the pressure, hitting the ball deep, with one shot landing flat on the baseline to break his opponent once more and go 3-1 up. Cobolli, however, was not done, cutting down his error count and pinning Etcheverry to the baseline with longer rallies. He twice broke the world number 55 to go 6-5 up and held serve to grab the second set. The third set went with serve until Cobolli broke to go 5-4 up, going on to reach the biggest final of his career with a comeback win on his first match point.
Reuters
23-05-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Italian Cobolli battles past Etcheverry to reach Hamburg Open final
HAMBURG, Germany, May 23 (Reuters) - Italy's Flavio Cobolli came from a set down to battle past Tomas Etcheverry of Argentina and reach the Hamburg Open final with a 2-6 7-5 6-4 win on Friday. Days before the start of the French Open on Sunday, Cobolli dug deep to come from 3-1 behind in the second set before reaching his second final of the season following his win in Bucharest. He will now play the winner of the other semi-final later on Friday between third seed Andrey Rublev and Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada, eyeing a third title this season after wins in Adelaide and Montpellier. Claycourt specialist Etcheverry earned his first break points in the sixth game and he converted on the third opportunity to go 4-2 up. He then broke Cobolli, ranked 35th in the world, when the erratic Italian - who had 18 unforced errors at that stage, three times as many as his opponent - double-faulted on Etcheverry's third set point. Etcheverry initially kept up the pressure, hitting the ball deep, with one shot landing flat on the baseline to break his opponent once more and go 3-1 up. Cobolli, however, was not done, cutting down his error count and pinning Etcheverry to the baseline with longer rallies. He twice broke the world number 55 to go 6-5 up and held serve to grab the second set. The third set went with serve until Cobolli broke to go 5-4 up, going on to reach the biggest final of his career with a comeback win on his first match point.
