Looking next to the first round, Victoria Mboko was able to pull herself up to rule out Elena Rybakina during the semi-finals of the WTA 1000 tournament in Montreal. For the title, the Canadian will challenge Naomi Osaka, falling from Clara Tauson.
The fairy tale continues for Victoria Mboko. While only competing in the seventh tournament in her career on the main WTA circuit, the Canadian will play this first final final this Friday. And this in front of its Montreal audience in a WTA 1000 tournament! Opposed to the seeded number 9 Elena Rybakina, the Canadian ignored a missing start to the match to get the last word.
Because it is the Kazakhstani which started very hard taking the service of his opponent from the outset to lead two games to nothing. Not wanting to give up, Victoria Mboko replied immediate to erase this delay break but she then suffered the waves. Rybakina immediately gone away.
Taking the service of his opponent twice and at the end of a series of four games won consecutively, it was on a white commitment that the world world fired in the lead. Back to the wall, Victoria Mboko has shown character. Thus, after saving a break shot from the first game, it was she who took the service of the native of Moscow to make the race in mind.
Mboko strong head
Elena Rybakina was able to return to three games everywhere before conceding her commitment again. Then serving to equalize for a set everywhere, the native of Brooklyn has wobbled, allowing her opponent to pick up again. Pushed by the public, the world 85th went on the attack to relaunch the match via a station wagon at the gates of the decisive game offering it this second round. The last one first saw Elena Rybakina take the ascendancy with a confirmed break of a struggle allowing him to lead four games for two.
This advantage then allowed him to serve for the gain of the match and to approach a point in the final. Victoria Mboko then reacted to erase this break behind to better lose his service in stride. Serving again to conclude, the world 12th missed out on its subject and was taken to a decisive game on a white Dégeak. Undecated at the start, this Tiebreak changed at the very last moment. Won three points in a row, Victoria Mboko ended the suspense (1-6, 7-5, 7-6 in 2:46 ”) and will play this first final on the WTA circuit on Friday.
Osaka back in the final
For the title, she will find Naomi Osaka. Indeed, the Japanese woman took her revenge on Clara Tauson, who had deprived her of the title in Auckland at the very start of the season on abandonment. A meeting first closed with two solid players in the service. But, if it was the Danish who had the first break balls, it was the Japanese woman who took the advantage at the end of the sixth game. On her momentum, the world 49th has been added to carry five games for two and force Clara Tauson to serve to stay in the set. The Japanese then pushed her opponent to the fault to conclude a first round having had a one -way end.
The second started as the previous one before seeing the two players drop in the service. This resulted in a sequence of four games all concluded by a station wagon not allowing Naomi Osaka or Clara Tauson to take the lead on the display board. From then on, the two players neutralized themselves to the tiebreak. Winning the first point on opposing service, the Danish race in mind until you get two balls of equalizing a round everywhere. But, after having missed them, she saw the Japanese accelerate. Putting five of the last six exchanges, Naomi Osaka sealed the fate of this semi-final (6-2, 7-6 in 1h48 ‘) and will face a novice at such a level.
