Canadian teen Mboko bundled out of US Open
Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko was brought down to earth with a straight sets first round defeat to Barbora Krejcikova at the US Open on Monday. Mboko, the 22nd seed who turns 19 on Tuesday, bowed out of the tournament after losing 6-3, 6-2. The early exit comes just three weeks after Mboko celebrated her first […]
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Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko was brought down to earth with a straight sets first round defeat to Barbora Krejcikova at the US Open on Monday.
Mboko, the 22nd seed who turns 19 on Tuesday, bowed out of the tournament after losing 6-3, 6-2.
The early exit comes just three weeks after Mboko celebrated her first WTA title with victory at the Canadian Open in Montreal.
Two-time Grand Slam singles champion Krejcikova will face Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima in the second round.
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Elsewhere on Monday, two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova brought the curtain down on her professional career with a 6-1, 6-0 defeat to France’s Diane Parry.