By Chris Oddo | Friday August 8, 2025
18-year-old Victoria Mboko is the discuss of the city in Montreal and across the tennis world after she claimed her maiden WTA title on Thursday night with an emotional win over Naomi Osaka within the Omnium Banque Nationale remaining.
She’ll take a while away from the highlight, nonetheless.
The Canadian has elected to drag out of the Cincinnati Open draw in an effort to relaxation the wrist she injured whereas falling throughout her semifinal win over Elena Rybakina in Montreal.
“I’m not planning on enjoying Cincinnati in the mean time,” she mentioned, after explaining that her proper wrist was swollen on Thursday, and including that she went to the hospital earlier that day for an MRI/X-Ray. “I simply need to handle my wrist somewhat bit proper now, and I believe it’s simply very shut and sudden for me to go there and play once more I believe in, like, two days.
“I believe I’m simply going to sit down out on that one and put together for the upcoming tournaments.”
Mboko admitted that the swelling in her wrist was regarding however mentioned it didn’t have an effect on her play towards Osaka an excessive amount of.
“It was fairly swollen, and it was actually stiff and arduous to maneuver,” she mentioned. “So we determined to go to do an MRI and an X-ray simply to make it possible for nothing too severe was taking place, that I might have the potential for enjoying.
“After I acquired the inexperienced gentle, I simply had to ensure I noticed the physios, and we taped it up correctly earlier than the match and a really strong tape job. Yeah, I simply did as a lot as I might to arrange for the match.”
Mboko, who rose from No.85 to No.24 in in the present day’s WTA rankings, defeated 4 former Grand Slam champions throughout her run to the title in Montreal. It was simply her seventh WTA major draw.
She says she doesn’t need to recover from the moon about her success, nonetheless.
“I encompass myself with individuals who have identified me for therefore lengthy, and I identical to to maintain a small circle,” Mboko mentioned. “I prefer to be actually relaxed and calm. So I believe going ahead, I simply need to maintain the identical routines that I’m normally used to.
“I don’t need to put a lot stress on myself simply due to one thing that occurred this week, as a result of life goes on. There’s at all times one other event, whether or not win or lose. I’m simply glad to reside the second. As soon as it’s handed, it’s handed.”
