US OPEN: All eyes on Canadian Teenage sensation,Mboko

As the final Grand Slam of the year gets underway at Flushing Meadows in the United States of America, from August 24 2025, tennis lovers all over the globe would have their eyes on the newest teenage female tennis sensation from Canada, Victoria Mboko. It was her stunning Canadian Open triumph weeks ago over former world Number One, Naomi Osaka in the final, that turned the eyes of the tennis world on her. Victoria Mboko, the 18 year old had downed fellow Grand Slam champions, Elena Rybakina, Coco Gauff( the top seed), and Sofia Kenin in earlier rounds of the Canadian Open to send tongues wagging. The 18 year old raised in Burlington, Ontario, becomes the second – youngest player in the Open Era to defeat four Grand Slam champions in a single tournament. The only player to accomplish such a feat was 17 year old Serena Williams at the 1999 US Open. Mboko’s mesmerizing win in Canada vaulted her rankings, blossoming from the little known wildcard to the tournament headliner and household name in tennis, at least for now. Her feat in Canada has earned her a place among the female tennis players to be seeded at Flushing Meadows in the United States, having jumped from 85th to 24th in the world rankings. That’s certainly remarkable for a teenager who started the year outside the top 300. Mboko’s history: Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, to Congolese parents, but grew up in Toronto. Won her first professional singles title at the ITF W25 tournament in Saskatoon in 2022, which she successfully defended in 2023. Won four consecutive ITF World Tennis Tour events to begin 2025, adding a fifth in March. In second place for most ITF World Tennis Tour women’s singles titles won this year. Began 2025 ranked at No 333, but rose to be No 24 in the rankings updated recently following her victory in Montreal. Qualified for her first Grand Slam main draw at the French Open, where she reached the third round Coached by former world No 3 and 1998 Wimbledon finalist Nathalie Tauziat.