Mboko defeats fellow Canadian Fernandez in French Open tune-up tournament
Mboko won 82% of first-serve points and will face Romania's Jaqueline Cristian in Friday's semifinals.
- Top seed Victoria Mboko defeated Canadian Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-4 in quarter-final action Thursday at the Strasbourg International tennis tournament.
- Riding a strong return game, the 19-year-old Mboko from Burlington, Ont., secured the straight-sets victory over the seventh-seeded opponent from Laval, Que.
- Mboko maintained 82 per cent of first-serve points while Fernandez won just 52.8 per cent of total service points, saving seven of 11 break points faced.
- Advancing to the semi-finals, Mboko will face Romania's Jaqueline Cristian in Friday's WTA 500 clay-court tournament matchup.
- Both players are seeded in the French Open at Roland Garros; Mboko faces Czechia's Nikola Bartunkova on Sunday, while Fernandez plays the United States' Alycia Parks on Monday.
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Mboko defeats fellow Canadian Fernandez in French Open tune-up tournament
STRASBOURG - Top seed Victoria Mboko cruised to a 6-4, 6-4 win over fellow Canadian Leylah Fernandez in quarterfinal action Thursday at the Strasbourg International tennis tournament.
Fernandez falls to Mboko amid tense coaching by her father in Strasbourg - Tennis Tonic - News, Predictions, H2H, Live Scores, stats
Victoria Mboko, the world No. 9 from Toronto, advanced to her third semifinal of 2026 after defeating Elina Fernandez in 91 minutes at the Strasbourg quarterfinals. The top seed will now face Jaqueline Cristian on Friday, continuing her strong run on the European clay circuit. Fernandez under pressure Fernandez, 23, battled hard after dropping the opening set but faced a tense moment during a coaching exchange with her father Jorge. Standing sil…
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