After Victoria MBoko practiced, the autograph signed and took selfies with some initial-arli fans before Tuesday’s quarterfinal session, four security guards circled around the growing Canadian star to walk back to the locker room.
Before playing his first match at the National Bank Open presented by Rogers on 27 July, MBoko certainly had a story in Canadian Tennis Circle – but in any way this deep WTA Tour 1000 event was not the headlineer in the 1000 event.
Five wins later, this MBoko is first and all the people come back and fight for the second when it comes to interest here. The 18-year-old has captured the imagination of this tennis-hearted crowd, and many sports fans across the country on Wednesday with their impossible runs in the semi-finals against Kazakhstan’s No. 9 Seed Elena Rybikina.
North Dakota Tennis Player and Laval, Q. Query University said, “It was fun because we did not have a lot of people when we practiced for the first time. And just every day, it kept growing,” North Dakota Tennis Player and Laval, Quay’s graduates said. The native Ang-Kavin Koa, who has served as MBoko’s hitting partner in practice since 1 of the tournament.
“It’s fun to see. It’s great for him that so many people are coming to support him, even only for practice.”
MBoko’s Tuesday practice court is not right against the fence where the mob is allowed, some spectators climbed a small grandstand and soon stood on a bench to get a glimpse of the top -50 player.
Life for MBoko has changed quickly, and it will present a new challenge. There are countless examples in athletes’ sports scenario which have faltered after rapid growth.
“This is a threat to ensure that it is a threat,” Nathali Taujiyat, a former world number 3 player for Maboco and France, told reporters that when asked about the ranking capacity of Canadian, it is growing rapidly than its growth.
“There are tones of women who actually climb high, but (then) struggle (and) do not succeed in maintaining that level … because when we are successful, we earn more money, more people are around us, life changes. Life changes. Life changes. Life changes and it is normal that it is normal to maintain everything to maintain it. You play tennis well.
There is no problem in playing well for MBoko this week or this year, which have the same amount of NBO NBO victory as all other Canadians (men and women), combined in 2025.
The top 300 ranked out when she moved from Belgium to Canada to train under Taujiat and a tennis Canada team at the end of the previous year, then MBoko is now number 85 and is guaranteed to be within the top 50 when she completes only in playing in her seventh career WTA main draw. If she wins all this, she would be inside the top 25, which looked unimaginable until a few days ago.
The original plan, Taujiat said, was to shoot for the top 100 by the end of the year. In the fourth round, a record of 51–9 exposed from unilateral victory over the top seed Coco Goff is powerful and hard-sarving MBCO before the schedule. He is the youngest semi -finalist at the event as Belinda Benik won the title at the age of 18 at the age of 18 at the age of 18.
“Some players who (A) are very high level of youth, sometimes they lose priority,” Taujiyat said. “So what is going to be very important for Vicky is that the priority of tennis is on many things before. I think it will be very important for him to be (focused), and some players don’t do it. You can go up, but if you are not moving forward and working hard, I mean you can go down very soon.”
Koa has known MBoko for almost eight years, first met her under -12 citizens when she was competing at the age of 10. He said that talent was clear then. His attitude, Koa said, MBoko should also benefit from moving forward.
“I would just say that she looks like she enjoys being out of there,” Koa said, which has also hit big names like Coco Goff and Rybikina this week.
“It doesn’t feel like she puts a lot of pressure on herself. Just enjoying this moment to go out and is actually a down-to-end person. I think it is what helps him to perform very well.”
Without her best stuff, MBoko polished World No. 51 Jessica Buzas Manero 6-4 6-2 in the quarter-finals on Monday.
MBoko will need to increase its level to take an accurate revenge on Rybakina, who defeated MBoko 6-3 in Washington’s 16-week ago.
“I don’t know that he is better this week than Washington, but he probably is more confident, so it can help,” Taujiat said. “Rybakina has played really (well) so far. She plays very fast, very difficult, so it is going to be difficult. But this week (MBoko) talk (MBoko) (MBoko) is more than Rybakina in this week, so (fan) may probably change something. We will see, we will see, we will see, but I am behind the public.
MBoko also feels that the crowd can become a positive factor.
“I think the circumstances are a bit different now that I am playing at home,” Maboko told Sportsate’s Daniel Micheod on Tuesday. “Of course, I know what I expect. I know how much I have to fight. I know Elena is really a great player and is really a powerful player … I feel great with myself too. I am really looking forward to a fun match tomorrow.”
Meanwhile, Rybakina, well known that his opponent has speed.
“He is definitely dangerous,” said 2022 Wimbledon Champion. “She has nothing to lose, and I’m sure she is enjoying there. Yes, it’s going to be a difficult.”
