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Teen Sensation Mboko Closes in on Top 10 After Beating Rybakina in Qatar

The 19-year-old Canadian won 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 with six service breaks, improving her 2026 record to 12-3 and reaching the Qatar Open semifinals.

  • Thursday's quarterfinal saw Victoria Mboko, Canadian tennis player, defeat Elena Rybakina 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 to reach the Qatar Open semifinals, The Canadian Press reported.
  • Coming off a breakout 2025 season with two titles including a WTA 1000 crown in Montreal, the 10th-seeded Victoria Mboko reached the quarterfinals by upsetting fifth seed Mirra Andreeva on Wednesday.
  • Match stats show Mboko's return game, as she converted 6-of-12 break chances while Rybakina was 5-of-9, despite Rybakina firing 11 aces to Mboko's six.
  • The win improves Mboko's season record to 12-3 and is projected to move her into the top 10 from a career-high ranking 13 after Thursday's victory.
  • In a tense final-game sequence, the match featured repeated service breaks and momentum swings, with Mboko closing out after a 40-0 lead in the 10th game.
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The Canadian came to the end of Elena Rybakina, second-leader of the series and champion of Australia's Internationals.

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Canadian Victoria Mboko qualified for the semifinals at the Doha tournament with a surprise win over Kazakh Elena Rybakina.

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Ubitennis broke the news in on Thursday, February 12, 2026.
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