Victoria Mboko, of Canada, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Canada’s Mboko falls out of China Open’s second round in straight sets
BEIJING - Canada’s Victoria Mboko fell 7-6 (5), 7-5 to Russia’s Anastasia Potapova in second-round action of the China Open tennis tournament on Friday.
Victoria Mboko, of Canada, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
BEIJING - Canada’s Victoria Mboko fell 7-6 (5), 7-5 to Russia’s Anastasia Potapova in second-round action of the China Open tennis tournament on Friday.
Mboko had one ace to 11 double faults in the two-hour, six-minute match.
The 19-year-old from º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøalso broke on four of her seven chances but only won 52.5 per cent of her first-serve points.
Potapova, meanwhile, had two aces and one double fault and broke on five of her 16 opportunities.
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She also won 53.5 per cent of her first-serve points.
Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., is set to face second-seeded Coco Gauff of the United States on Saturday as the only Canadian left in the tournament.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 26, 2025.
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