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Canadian Teen Upsets Top-Seeded Coco Gauff in Montreal Quarterfinal
3 Aug
Summary
- 18-year-old Canadian Victoria Mboko defeats world #1 Coco Gauff
- Gauff struggles with double faults, had 23 in her previous match
- Mboko to face winner of Zhu vs. Bouzas Maneiro in quarterfinals
On Saturday night, Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko pulled off a stunning upset at the National Bank Open in Montreal, defeating top-seeded Coco Gauff 6-1, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals. The 18-year-old Mboko, ranked 85th in the world, dominated the match, taking advantage of Gauff's continued struggles with double faults.
Gauff, the reigning French Open champion, has been in a slump since her major victory, dropping 3 of her last 5 matches. In her previous two matches in Montreal, she had 23 and 14 double faults respectively, and the trend continued on Saturday with 5 more double faults.
Mboko, who lost to Gauff in a close three-set match in Rome earlier this year, was able to capitalize on Gauff's errors and secure the straight-set victory. The young Canadian will now face the winner of the late match between China's Lin Zhu and Spain's Jessica Bouzas Maneiro in the quarterfinals.
In other action, 24th-seeded Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine and 9th-seeded Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan also advanced to the quarterfinals with wins over McCartney Kessler and Dayana Yastremska respectively. Their quarterfinal matchup promises to be an exciting clash between two of the rising stars on the women's tour.
