{"id":309046,"date":"2025-08-01T10:55:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T10:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/309046\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T10:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T10:55:12","slug":"the-18-year-old-wta-tour-youngster-with-unlimited-ability-being-backed-to-break-in-the-worlds-top-five-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/309046\/","title":{"rendered":"The 18-year-old WTA Tour youngster with &#8216;unlimited&#8217; ability being backed to break in the world&#8217;s top five soon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>It is an interesting time for the WTA Tour with several young stars coming through.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the best of the group is Mirra Andreeva, who is inside the world\u2019s top five and has claimed back-to-back WTA 1000 titles in Indian Wells and Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being on tour since 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tag\/coco-gauff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coco Gauff<\/a>, 21, is still one of the game\u2019s young players and she now has two Grand Slam titles to her name.<\/p>\n<p>But there is another young player who has started to make waves on the women\u2019s circuit and she has been tipped for sustained success by an iconic coach.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"655\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2227221161-1024x655.jpg\" alt=\"Victoria Mboko is ready to return serve at the WTA 1000 National Bank Open presented by Rogers in 2025\" class=\"wp-image-316648\" \/>Photo by Robert Prange\/Getty ImagesSerena Williams\u2019s former coach Rick Macci thinks Victoria Mboko can break into the WTA\u2019s top five<\/p>\n<p>One of the breakout stars of the 2025 season is Victoria Mboko.<\/p>\n<p>This season the 18-year-old won five ITF titles, broke into the <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tag\/wta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WTA\u2019s<\/a> top 100 and reached the third round of the <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tag\/french-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">French Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She is now into the fourth round of the <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tag\/canadian-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian Open<\/a> after coming from a set down to beat Marie Bouzkov\u00e1 in the third round.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of her round of 16 encounter, <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tag\/rick-macci\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Serena Williams\u2019s former coach Rick Macci<\/a> is impressed by Mboko\u2019s game and thinks will become a top five player on tour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVictoria Mboko has top five in her back pocket because off the ground consistently fires a smooth rocket,\u201d Macci said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly 18 with unlimited raw ability and on the run hits with great balance and agility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"619\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2226263530-1024x619.jpg\" alt=\"Coco Gauff of the United States during practice ahead of the National Bank Open at Stade IGA on July 25, 2025 in Montreal, Quebec\" class=\"wp-image-316140\" \/>Photo by Robert Prange\/Getty ImagesWho will Victoria Mboko play next?<\/p>\n<p>Mboko will face one of the toughest tests of her career so far when she takes on Coco Gauff.<\/p>\n<p>The American is the top seed in Montreal due to the absence of world number one <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tag\/aryna-sabalenka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aryna Sabalenka<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gauff needed three sets to win both her matches against Danielle Collins and Veronika Kudermetova in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, she is struggling with double faults, as Gauff has hit a combined total of 37 double faults at the Canadian Open.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, she will feel confident in her game and <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/victoria-mboko-says-if-she-wants-to-play-against-coco-gauff-in-canada-after-very-difficult-previous-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mboko will relish the challenge of facing Gauff<\/a> for the first time, especially on home soil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is an interesting time for the WTA Tour with several young stars coming through. 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