Canadian teen Victoria Mboko converts 6 break points, advances to Italian Open 2nd round

The Canadian Press

· Posted: May 07, 2025 11:55 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

Toronto's Victoria Mboko is done to the 2nd circular of the Italian Open WTA 1000 tennis tourney aft posting a 6-2, 6-3 triumph implicit Italy's Arianna Zucchini connected Wednesday successful Rome.

Mboko, who precocious to her 2nd vocation 1000-series lawsuit done qualifying, converted six interruption points, including 3 successful a series that saw the 18-year-old Canadian and Zucchini commercialized breaks implicit the last 5 games of the 2nd set.

Mboko, ranked 158th successful the world, has compiled a 33-3 grounds this play portion racking up 5 titles connected the lower-tier ITF circuit.

She volition look 4th effect Coco Gauff of the United States successful the 2nd round.

Later Wednesday, Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., faces Italy's Federica Urgesi successful the archetypal round. The different Canadian successful the women's draw, Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., is seeded 24th and has a first-round bye.

Felix Auger-Aliassime and Gabriel Diallo, some from Montreal, and Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., are entered connected the men's side.

Diallo faces American Marcos Giron successful first-round enactment Thursday portion Auger-Aliassime and Shapovalov person byes.