Canadian Open: Victoria Mboko stuns Coco Gauff to achieve quarter-finals in Montreal

Teenager Victoria Mboko produced the shock of the match as she defeated high seed Coco Gauff to achieve the quarter-finals of the Canadian Open in Montreal.

The 18-year-old Canadian, who was handed a wildcard entry into the primary draw, wanted simply 62 minutes to defeat the two-time Grand Slam champion 6-1 6-4 and proceed her meteoric stand up the rankings.

Mboko transformed 4 of 5 break factors in opposition to Gauff and has now dropped only one set in 4 matches on the match.

“Coming into the match, I used to be so locked in,” Mboko stated.

“I attempted to maintain my composure as a lot as I may, particularly enjoying in entrance of so many individuals. This can be a very particular expertise for me.”

She started the 12 months ranked 333rd on this planet, and proceeded to win 22 successive matches with out dropping a set on her method to securing 5 titles on the second-tier ITF Tour.

Mboko entered the match ranked eighty fifth, however victory in opposition to Gauff will transfer her as much as 53rd, and within the quarter-finals she’s going to face Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, ranked simply two locations greater.

Gauff as soon as once more struggled along with her serve, committing six double faults to take her match whole to 43 in three matches.

“I feel she’s going to have a whole lot of success on tour. I am certain we’ll have many extra battles sooner or later,” Gauff stated.

In the meantime, second seed Iga Swiatek cruised into the final 16 with a 6-2 6-2 victory in opposition to Eva Lys.

In Toronto Casper Ruud suffered a 6-4 7-5 defeat in opposition to Karen Khachanov, earlier than high seed Alexander Zverev superior to the quarter-finals with a walkover victory in opposition to Francisco Cerundolo.

Fifth seed Holger Rune threw away an early result in lose 6-4 2-6 3-6 to Australian Alexei Popyrin.