Canadian teen Victoria Mboko captures Hong Kong Open for 2nd WTA title of season

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Nov 02, 2025 11:30 AM EST | Last Updated: November 2

Victoria Mboko defeated Spain's Cristina Bucsa 7-5, 6-7 (9), 6-2 to triumph the Hong Kong Open connected Sunday.

The 19-year-old from Burlington, Ont., fired 9 aces and earned her 2nd WTA rubric of the play aft lifting the National Bank Open trophy successful Montreal successful August.

“It feels truly bully to decorativeness the play with a win. I effort to enactment calm and not enactment excessively galore expectations connected myself," Mboko said successful a connection released by Tennis Canada. "There are truthful galore talented players, you ne'er cognize what’s going to happen.

"I similar to instrumentality things time by day. I’m conscionable truly blessed I managed to triumph different rubric today, support myself pumped up, and enactment affirmative successful the 3rd set, adjacent though I was ace bushed and Cristina was playing specified large tennis and warring hard."

Mboko improved to 2-0 against Bucsa, having beaten her successful consecutive sets earlier this twelvemonth successful Rome qualifying.

"I volition admit it was a small spot achy [to suffer the 2nd set] but that's tennis for you," Mboko said aft the match. "It happens. [Championship point] was conscionable different point. Of course, there's a batch much accent connected it, due to the fact that it's a title point, but she was besides playing immoderate large tennis. She came retired hitting immoderate large shots, which was retired of my control. It happens.

"The champion happening you tin bash is conscionable regroup. If I was to dwell connected it excessively much, it would've affected maine excessively overmuch to play good successful the 3rd set, truthful I'm gladsome I was capable to fto it go."

WATCH | Mboko wins Hong Kong title, beating Spains Bucsa for 2nd time:

Mboko reached the last with a three-set triumph implicit chap Canadian Leylah Fernandez connected Saturday.

Mboko has been moving backmost to afloat spot aft a wrist wounded suffered successful Montreal concisely stalled her momentum this summer.

She's projected to determination into the WTA apical 20 erstwhile the caller rankings are released Monday.