Victoria Mboko has been taking the tennis world by storm this 12 months, and her newest triumph got here on the Hong Kong Open, the place she captured her second profession title. Following her victory, Coco Gauff, Sloane Stephens, and a number of other others from the tennis world shared their reactions to rejoice her achievement.
Mboko first rose to prominence earlier this 12 months when she gained the Canadian Open, her maiden WTA 1000 title and first profession trophy, at simply 18 years previous. Nonetheless, after that breakthrough second, she hit a little bit of a tough patch, struggling to make deep runs on the US Open, China Open, Wuhan Open, and Ningbo Open.
The Canadian adopted that up with a quarterfinal run on the Japan Open, the place she misplaced to Elena Rybakina. Nonetheless, she bounced again strongly in Hong Kong, defeating Talia Gibson, Alexandra Eala, Anna Kalinskaya, Leylah Fernandez, and at last Cristina Bucsa 7-5, 6-7(9), 6-2 in an exhilarating closing to seize the title.
Later, Victoria Mboko took to Instagram to share pictures from the WTA 250 match, together with one among her holding the trophy, together with the caption:
“Title Quantity two. Just a bit candy ending to the szn. Thanks to everybody who made this so particular.”
Coco Gauff and Sloane Stephens have been among the many first to congratulate Mboko underneath her publish, with Mirra Andreeva, Priscilla Hon, Shelby Rogers, Gabriela Dabrowski, Carson Branstine, and a number of other others additionally becoming a member of in to rejoice her win.
“Congratulations,” Gauff wrote.
“Go Vicky!!!!” Stephens wrote.
Check out their reactions beneath:
Victoria Mboko enters WTA Prime 20 after unbelievable Hong Kong Open win
Victoria Mboko’s rise this season has been nothing wanting exceptional. She started the 12 months ranked World No. 333 and saved bettering with each match, ultimately breaking into the Prime 50 after claiming her first-ever title in Montreal.
Now, Mboko has taken issues up one other notch, breaking into the Prime 20 following her win over Cristina Bucsa within the Hong Kong Open closing final Sunday. She climbed from World No. 21 to No. 18 and have become solely the sixth Canadian participant in historical past to attain a Prime 20 rating within the WTA standings.
The 19-year-old wrapped up her season with a formidable 60-14 total document, together with 20-10 in WTA primary attracts. She’ll now set her sights on beginning the following season sturdy and chasing her maiden Grand Slam title.
Edited by Pritha Ghosh
