Up-and-comer Victoria Mboko, shown in this handout photo, will make her Billie Jean King Cup debut when Canada meets Romania and Japan in qualifiers on April 11 and 13 in Tokyo. The 18-year-old from º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøis off to a stellar start this season with a 27-1 record and five tournament wins in singles. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Tennis Canada-Sarah-Jade Champagne *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Up-and-comer Victoria Mboko, shown in this handout photo, will make her Billie Jean King Cup debut when Canada meets Romania and Japan in qualifiers on April 11 and 13 in Tokyo. The 18-year-old from º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøis off to a stellar start this season with a 27-1 record and five tournament wins in singles. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Tennis Canada-Sarah-Jade Champagne *MANDATORY CREDIT*
ROME - Canada’s Victoria Mboko qualified for the Italian Open main draw Tuesday with a 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 comeback win over ninth-seeded Kamilla Rakhimova.
The 18-year-old from º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøfired six aces, won 70 per cent of her first-serve points and broke Rakhimova six times.
Mboko took control after the first set, winning 12 of the final 14 games to finish the match in just over two hours.
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She’ll make just her second appearance in a WTA 1000 main draw, having reached the second round in Miami in March.
Mboko, ranked 158th in the world, has compiled a 32-3 record this season while racking up five titles on the lower-tier ITF circuit.
She’s set to face Italian wildcard Arianna Zucchini, ranked No. 620, in the opening round.
Leylah Fernandez and Bianca Andreescu will also represent Canada in the women’s singles draw, with Gabriel Diallo, Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime entered on the men’s side.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 6, 2025.
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