Canadian teen Mboko stuns top-seeded Gauff in Montreal

Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko took down top-seeded American Coco Gauff 6-1, 6-4 on Saturday, thrilling the home crowd as she reached the quarter-finals of the WTA 1000 tournament in Montreal.

The 18-year-old wild card saved all four break points she faced, and broke reigning French Open champion Gauff three times on the way to a comprehensive victory in just 62 minutes.

Mboko started the season ranked 333rd in the world and has worked her way up to 85 but the win over Gauff -- who she took to three sets in Rome in May -- is the biggest win of her career.

“Playing Coco is obviously never easy. She’s number two in the world, and it has been such a great opportunity for me to play against someone like her,” Mboko said. “I was just happy I kept my composure today and I pulled it through.”
AFP