Tom Tebbutt

2 weeks ago | tenniscanada.com | Tom Tebbutt

Victoria Mboko took a giant step forward in her career when she defeated Kaja Juvan 7-5, 6-3 on Friday to qualify for her first Grand Slam event main draw. Maybe it’s the innocence of youth but the 18-year-old from Toronto claimed that one of the keys to her success was treating the final round of Roland Garros qualifying as nothing out of the ordinary. “I was sort of even happy to have won my second match. I took it really chill,” she explained.

2 weeks ago | tenniscanada.com | Tom Tebbutt

Victoria – “everyone calls me Vicky” – Mboko moved into the final round of Roland Garros qualifying on Thursday with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Kathinka von Deithmann. While her compatriotic Rebecca Marino was completely flummoxed by the 31-year-old from Liechtenstein’s sliced, off-pace shots in an opening-round 6-0, 6-1 loss, Mboko always looked in control in the one- hour and 17-minute contest on Court 9. Did Mboko get a scouting report from Marino? “No actually,” she said.

2 weeks ago | tenniscanada.com | Tom Tebbutt

Victoria Mboko a atteint le dernier des qualifications de Roland-Garros, jeudi, à la suite d’un gain de 6-3 et 6-2 face à Kathinka von Deithmann. Mboko ne se souvient pas d’avoir été confrontée à une joueuse comme von Deichmann – qui utilise l’effet coupé à outrance. « C’est une joueuse unique. Je suis heureuse d’avoir vécu ce genre d’expérience, car sur le circuit, il y a des filles qui jouent comme ça et je pense que c’est une façon de me préparer.

2 weeks ago | tenniscanada.com | Tom Tebbutt

Coming in off a final at the WTA 125 tournament in Parma, Italy, on Sunday, promising Canadian Victoria Mboko moved into the second round of Roland Garros qualifying with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over world no. 159-ranked Sinja Kraus of Austria on Tuesday. Asked to grade her performance on an A to F scale, the 18-year-old from Toronto laughed and said, “I’ll give myself a B+. I feel like I had a pretty slow start. I’ve only had a day to adjust to everything here coming from Italy so quick and so fast.

2 weeks ago | tenniscanada.com | Tom Tebbutt

Roland-Garros Bianca Andreescu Marina Stakusic Alexis Galarneau Carson Branstine When you roll through an opponent 6-0, 6-0 it has to feel a little bit like a fun ride on a bicycle. That winds right into the French jargon for a double bagel; “deux roues de bicyclette” (two bicycle wheels.)Shortly after her merciless 6-0, 6-0 victory over Yao Xinxin of China at Roland-Garros on Monday, Bianca Andreescu was told about the expression.