Canada’s Victoria Mboko rallies to reach Hong Kong Open quarterfinals

Victoria Mboko, of Canada, serves to Barbora Krejcikova, of the Czech Republic, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

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HONG KONG - Canada’s Victoria Mboko advanced to the quarterfinals of the Hong Kong Open with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over Alexandra Eala of the Philippines on Thursday.

The third-seeded Mboko hit eight aces and broke Eala five times while winning 67 per cent of her first-serve points.

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