Canadian teenage sensation, Victoria Mboko beats former Wimbledon champion Rybakina to reach WTA Montreal final.
The 18-year-old wild card saved a match point on the way to a career-boosting 1-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7/4) victory before the estatic home crowd that has supported her throughout the tournament.
Mboko had also beaten top-seeded French Open champion Coco Gauff in the fourth round.
The the 18-year-old is set to face four-time grand slam champion, Namibia Osaka in WTA final.
CNN reports tgat Victoria is also the youngest Canadian woman to reach the final of the country’s hallmark tournament and only the fourth to ever do so.
Photo: the Globe and Mail
