<\/p>\n Victoria Mboko, of Canada, reacts after her win over Coco Gauff, of the United States, during round of 16 match action at the National Bank Open women\u2019s tennis tournament in Montreal, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (Christinne Muschi\/The Canadian Press via AP)<\/p>\n Victoria Mboko, of Canada, reacts after her win over Coco Gauff, of the United States, during round of 16 match action at the National Bank Open women\u2019s tennis tournament in Montreal, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (Christinne Muschi\/The Canadian Press via AP)<\/p>\n Read More<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Victoria Mboko, right, of Canada, is congratulated after her win by Coco Gauff, left, of the United States, during round of 16 match action at the National Bank Open women\u2019s tennis tournament in Montreal, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (Christinne Muschi\/The Canadian Press via AP)<\/p>\n Victoria Mboko, right, of Canada, is congratulated after her win by Coco Gauff, left, of the United States, during round of 16 match action at the National Bank Open women\u2019s tennis tournament in Montreal, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (Christinne Muschi\/The Canadian Press via AP)<\/p>\n Read More<\/p>\n \u201cShe\u2019s playing high-level tennis.\u201d Gauff said. \u201cI think that\u2019s what showed today. I think she was the better player.\u201d<\/p>\n The 18-year-old Mboko, ranked 85th in the world, finished off the 21-year-old Gauff \u2014 who had 24 unforced errors \u2014 in 1 hour, 22 minutes. Mboko will face the winner of the late match between Lin Zhu of China and Jessica Bouzas Maneiro of Spain.<\/p>\n In Rome in May, Gauff rallied to beat Mboko 3-6, 6-2, 6-1.<\/p>\n \u201cI was actually really thinking about it a lot during the match,\u201d Mboko said. \u201cI had flashbacks to when I played her in Rome a little bit. I just remember when she came out playing even better and stepped it up a bit better. Wanted to step my game up a little bit more and make sure I matched whatever she was producing, and I wanted to stay right there with her.\u201d<\/p>\n Earlier, 24th-seeded Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine and ninth-seeded Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan set up a quarterfinal match. Kostyuk beat McCartney Kessler of the United States 5-7, 6-3, 6-3, and Rybakina topped Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine 5-7, 6-2, 7-5.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Victoria Mboko, of Canada, reacts following her win over Coco Gauff, of the United States, during round of 16 match action at the National Bank Open women\u2019s tennis tournament in Montreal, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (Christinne Muschi\/The Canadian Press via AP)<\/p>\n Victoria Mboko, of Canada, reacts following her win over Coco Gauff, of the United States, during round of 16 match action at the National Bank Open women\u2019s tennis tournament in Montreal, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (Christinne Muschi\/The Canadian Press via AP)<\/p>\n Read More<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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