Canada’s Victoria Mboko fell 6-4, 7-5 to Czechia’s Karolina Muchova in the women’s final at the Qatar Open on Saturday.
19-year-old will move into a career-high No. 10 in the world
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Canada’s Victoria Mboko fell 6-4, 7-5 to Czechia’s Karolina Muchova in the women’s final at the Qatar Open on Saturday.
The 19-year-old from Toronto had four aces and one double fault while converting her only break-point opportunity.
Mboko, who is now 13-4 on the season in singles play, will move into a career-high No. 10 in the world rankings.
It was her second final of the season — she lost to Russian Mirra Andreeva in the Adelaide International final in January — and second 1000-level final of her career after winning last year’s National Bank Open in Montreal.
Muchova had two aces and two double faults, broke on two of her six chances but easily outdid Mboko on first-serve points won (77.8 per cent to 60.5 per cent).
Karolina Muchova of Czechia defeats 19-year-old Victoria Mboko of Toronto in the Qatar Open final 6-4, 7-5. Mboko’s performance for the week will put her into the top-10 of the WTA rankings for the first time.
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