The jam-packed Court Central caused a lot of trouble for Elena Rybakina in her SF match against the local favorite, Victoria Mboko. The Canadian crowd was seen cheering for Rybakina’s mistakes. Reacting to that moment, the Kazakhstani star later on admitted, “Yeah, that wasn’t nice, of course. I played in a lot of situations where the crowd was supporting the player, but I would say that here it was pretty tough from the very beginning.” Even when the match finished, chants of “Vicky! Vicky!” and “Allez Vicky!” echoed around the stadium. Such was the support for this 18-year-old tennis sensation in her previous match.

Seeing this, incredible support for the teenager, the other finalist at the 2025 Canadian Open said, “I mean, she’s Canadian. I heard the applause from inside there. So, I’m pretty sure it’s going to be super lively,” in her post-match interview. Talking about the super lively atmosphere inside the stadium, well, perhaps no one could have explained this better than the American tennis star, Ben Shelton! The crowd went wild seeing Victoria Mboko defeating the four-time Grand Slam champion, Naomi Osaka, by 2-6,6-4,6-1 in the final.

With this win, Victoria Mboko has not only become the second youngest woman to beat four Grand Slam champions (Sofia Kenin, Coco Gauff, Elena Rybakina, and Naomi Osaka) in a single event, but she’s now also the youngest Canadian woman in the Open Era to win the Canadian Open. What a moment for Canadian tennis! The noise was so high inside the stadium after her win that Ben Shelton’s match against Karen Khachanov was forced to take a brief pause. Both players looked a bit confused before the chair umpire explained, “I guess the Canadian player has won in Montreal.”

Even during the women’s final match, there were moments when we saw the umpire repeatedly asking the rowdy fans to “please be quiet during the points.” There were 13 service breaks in 25 games, and Victoria Mboko converted 8 of 9 break points. What did the youngster say after this dream-come-true moment?

Victoria Mboko showcases her admiration for Naomi Osaka after the win

Although Victoria Mboko became the second-lowest ranked player to win a Tier 1/WTA 1000 title since the format’s introduction in 1990, this win against Naomi Osaka has now ensured a jump from 85th to 24th place in the singles ranking. She has now joined the tiles Faye Urban (1969) and Bianca Andreescu (2019) as the only Canadians to win the home event in the Open Era. Who would say that this teenager had started the season outside the top 300?

After beating Naomi Osaka in the final, she expressed her love and admiration for the former world number one by saying, “I wanna thank Naomi for an incredible match. I’ve always looked up to her when I was really little. It’s great to play with such an amazing player like you.” Before the final, when Osaka was informed that Mboko had idolized her while growing up, she said she was really honored to play against someone who had looked up to her as a player while growing up.

Now, after facing defeat to Victoria Mboko, Naomi Osaka didn’t want to take the spotlight off the youngster as she stated, “I don’t really wanna take up too much time. I’ll just say thank you to everyone. Thank you to my team, the ball kids, organizers, & volunteers. I hope you guys had a good night,” in her post-match interview. Several tennis stars, including Coco Gauff and Taylor Townsend, congratulated Mboko on her historic win!

Victoria Mboko is now the third wild card to win a WTA 1000 title event, following the footsteps of Maria Sharapova at Cincinnati in 2011 and Bianca Andreescu at Indian Wells in 2019. Is this teenager the next big thing in women’s tennis?