Tennis-Mboko takes positives from charmed summer run despite early US Open defeat


Tennis - U.S. Open - Flushing Meadows, New York, United States - August 25, 2025 Canada's Victoria Mboko in action during her first round match against Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Canada's rising talent Victoria Mboko did not get the U.S. Open debut she had hoped for but would take plenty of positives from a charmed summer, as she exited the year's final major in the first round.

She started the year ranked 350th in the world but arrived in New York as the 22nd seed after a career-breakthrough run in Montreal, where she incredibly beat four former major winners en route to the 1000-level title.

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