Victoria Mboko eliminates Coco Gauff at omnium national banking

The Canadian Victoria Mboko managed a tour de force on Saturday evening. However, on the central court of the IGA stadium, eliminating the American Coco Gauff, the second world racket and favorite in the Montreal National Bank Omnium, in the round of 16.

The 18-year-old Toronto won him in two rounds of 6-1. Meanwhile, 6-4 and in 62 minutes against the Roland-Garros winner, to deserve her place in the quarterfinals.

Mboko. In addition, which points to 85th in the world, only needed 26 minutes to pocket the first round, during which Gauff committed three double faults and 14 direct faults. Therefore, The Canadian took advantage of the generosity of her opponent to break it twice.

The 21 -year -old American showed more plumb in the second round. Nevertheless, but not enough to disturb Mboko, who remained calm and who victoria mboko eliminates coco gauff maintained the pressure with her service and her powerful strikes at the bottom.

After having managed to save three brising balls in the seventh game. Furthermore, the Canadian obtained the decisive break in the part 10.

Mboko achieved a total of two aces against one for her rival. Moreover, but she committed five double faults, one more than Gauff. Furthermore, The latter led 12-7 to the winning blows and 20-11 to that of direct faults. Furthermore, The American has not obtained no service on five occasions.

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It was a second confrontation between Gauff and Mboko. The American had won in three rounds earlier this season on the clay of Rome.

Mboko has now presents a 48 wins and 9 defeats sheet since the start of the season. In the previous towers. in Montreal, she had defeated Australian Kimberly Birrell (79th in the world), the American Sofia Kenin (27th) and the Czech Marie Bouzkova (39th).

She will try to continue her momentum in the quarter -finals. where she will face the winner of the match between Chinese Lin Zhu and the Spanish Jessica Bouzas Maneiro.

Victoria mboko eliminates coco gauff

Kostyuk Progresse

Figuring a swirling wind on the central court. the Ukrainian Marta victoria mboko eliminates coco gauff Kostyuk became the first player to reach the quarter-finals thanks to a 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 victory against the American McCartney Kessler on Saturday afternoon.

The conditions were really not easy at the start of the match. I tried to adapt my game, to adapt to the wind. In a way, I changed tactics and it was much betterand décrit kostyuk.

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Classified 24th seeded. Kostyuk had to come back from the back to prevail after taking the lead in his duel against Kessler.

I think that [Kessler] Really, really well played. I can also do everything correctly and lose the match anyway. It can happen. But I’m happy to have won todayadded Kostyuk.

The Ukrainian had just made a break to give herself a priority of 3-1 to the first round. when she lost her service from the next game. Kessler scored another break during the 11th game, then a third from the initial game of the second round.

This is where Kostyuk reacted. From that moment. she won 33 of the 44 points played at her service and faced only one breakfast ball, late in the third round.

She also took advantage of 13 broken balls and capitalized out of four of them.

The wind probably disrupted the two players in the service. Kostyuk committed 10 double faults. succeeded in one AS, which did not prevent him from presenting a better assessment than Kessler, author of 12 double faults without registering a single AS.

Rybakina at arracé

In the quarterfinals on Monday. Kostyuk will face the Kazakhe Elena Rybakina, who has difficulty defeated the Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska in three rounds of 5-7, 6-2, 7-5 in the second match of the day session.

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Ninth seeded. 12th world player, Rybakina scored five service breaks, including her last game during the 11th Decisive Channel game, to give himself a 6-5 lead.

During the next game, Yastremska, 30th seeded, fought hard to bring the duel to equal service.

She even won the first two points before seeing Rybakina win the next three. give herself a first match ball. The Kazakhe managed to close the books in its fourth occasion after 2 h 31 min of play.

With Canadian press information