6 d. ago Tom Mayenknecht: Tennis finds new star in Canadian Victoria Mboko; NFL also has big week

The biggest winner was Canadian 18-year-old Victoria Mboko of Burlington, Ont. She became the third Canadian woman to win the National Bank Open

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6 d. ago Naomi Osaka snubs Victoria Mboko after Canadian’s NBO final win, skips media duties

Former world No. 1 failed to congratulate Canadian teen tennis sensation who defeated her in National Bank Open final in Montreal.

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6 d. ago Canada’s Mboko completes fairytale run with National Bank Open title

Victoria Mboko became the third Canadian to win the hometown tournament in the Open Era, joining Bianca Andreescu in 2019 and Faye Urban in 1969.

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6 d. ago Canadian teen Mboko pulls off final upset to win National Bank Open tennis title

Mboko became the third Canadian to capture the title at the hometown tournament in the Open Era, joining Bianca Andreescu (2019) and Faye Urban (1969)

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6 d. ago Canadian teen Victoria Mboko completes dream run in Montreal with first WTA Tour title

MONTREAL — She’s a rising star, a fighter — and now, a champion. Victoria Mboko did it again on Thursday night, rallying back through the pain of a wrist injury to defeat four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the National Bank Open final, capping a fairytale run that fans across Canada […]

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7 d. ago Canadian tennis hopeful Victoria Mboko’s fans include 3 tennis

The 18-year-old Toronto tennis star was ranked No. 85 ranked on entering the tournament but has dominated her opponents

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7 d. ago Canadian tennis sensation Victoria Mboko’s fans include 3 tennis

The 18-year-old Toronto tennis star was ranked No. 85 ranked on entering the tournament but dominated her opponents

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7 d. ago Tennis star says Toronto traffic is so bad he naps on the way to National Bank Open matches

Travelling around the world to a new tournament seemingly every week, tennis stars get a chance to see parts of the globe most people will never get an opportunity to.But at the new 12-day format of the National Bank Open in Toronto and Montreal, some of the tournament's biggest names have opted to choose catching up on sleep over sightseeing."I've been playing until 2 a.m., and then waking up at like 2 p.m.," American star Taylor Fritz said earlier this week."There's been absolutely no time to do anything… I get back to the hotel at 2 a.m. I finished my match the other night at 1:30 a.m. So, not much time for anything. I think all I can do is sleep as much as possible, come to the courts, practice, do what I've got to do, play my matches and get my meals in, and that's about it."With the tournament taking place at Sobeys Stadium on York University campus, the northwest Toronto location is a bit of a hike from t...

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8 d. ago Tennis star Elina Svitolina faces online abuse after Montreal loss, blames ’shameful’ bettors

Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina has spoken out about the deluge of hateful abuse she received online from frustrated gamblers after losing a match in Canada, including messages wishing her death and celebrating Russia killing her compatriots. Following her straight-sets loss to Naomi Osaka in the quarter-finals of the National Bank Open on Tuesday night, […]

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9 d. ago Canadian teen sensation Victoria Mboko advances to NBO semifinals in Montreal

MONTREAL — Victoria Mboko keeps on rising. Two days after dispatching No. 1 seed Coco Gauff, the Canadian teenage sensation booked her place in the National Bank Open semifinals with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Spain’s Jessica Bouzas Maneiro in women’s singles action Monday night. Mboko upset Gauff in straight sets Saturday, winning the lopsided […]

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1 week ago Ukraine’s Kostyuk through to quarterfinals of women’s National Bank Open in Montreal

The buzz in Montreal was for a later feature match between Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko and top seed Coco Gauff of the United States.

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3 w. ago Major League Baseball proves it's best in class when it comes to all

Tom Mayenknecht: Baseball's all-star game hits a grand slam while NFL Players Association strikes out

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4 w. ago Tennis star announces she’s taking break from sport ‘to rediscover joy of living’

Former World No. 2 Ons Jabeur announced on Thursday she was going to “take a step back and finally put myself first”, after two difficult years on the circuit. “For the last two years, I’ve been pushing myself so hard, fighting through injuries and facing many other challenges. But deep down, I haven’t felt really […]

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4 w. ago Canadian tennis star Eugenie Bouchard to retire after hometown tournament

'You'll know when it's time. For me, it's now. Ending where it all started: Montreal,'

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