Coco Gauff has dismissed comparisons between herself and Victoria Mboko after she was beaten by the teenager at the 2025 Canadian Open.<\/p>\n
Mboko\u00a0upset world No 2 Gauff 6-1, 6-4 in 62 minutes in the fourth round in Montreal for her first-ever win against a top 10 player<\/a>.<\/p>\n The 18-year-old now holds a 1-1 head-to-head record against Gauff having lost the pair\u2019s first encounter in three sets at the Italian Open in May.<\/p>\n The Canadian wildcard has also defeated Kimberly Birrell, Sofia Kenin and Marie Bouzkova during her run at the WTA 1000 event and has dropped only one set so far.<\/p>\n Asked in her press conference if she recognises herself in Mboko<\/a>, Gauff argued it is unfair to make this comparison as she pointed to her own experience with being likened to Serena and Venus Williams.<\/p>\n \u201cNo, she\u2019s a completely different player, completely different person,\u201d the two-time Grand Slam winner said.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve never been one to compare myself to others, whether it be like people comparing me to Serena or Venus, and I don\u2019t think it\u2019s fair to put that on her as well.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, but I do see someone who is going to have a really bright future, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n 5 youngest women to beat No 1 seed at a WTA 1000 event: Victoria Mboko joins Coco Gauff, Mirra Andreeva<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n How Coco Gauff\u2019s Canadian Open exit affects world No 2 battle with Iga Swiatek<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The 21-year-old American then expanded on why she feels Mboko has a bright future ahead of her.<\/p>\n \u201cI mean, she\u2019s very athletic. She\u2019s a great ball striker, and she seems pretty positive out there on the court, doesn\u2019t get really too negative,\u201d Gauff assessed.<\/p>\n \u201cI mean, I don\u2019t know her too well, but I\u2019ve gotten to talk to her a little bit over the course since Rome. I think she has a great support system around her, and I think that\u2019s important when you\u2019re young and on tour.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, hopefully we have many more battles, and I look forward to playing her again in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n Gauff<\/a> also addressed whether she made the right decision by\u00a0skipping the Citi Open in Washington prior to the Canadian Open.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know. That\u2019s a good question, honestly. I felt like in practice I was playing well the last few weeks just practising,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cI decided to take some time off and not play DC to actually focus on that, and maybe that wasn\u2019t the right decision. Maybe it was better to get more matches under my belt.<\/p>\n \u201cBut you know, it\u2019s the first tournament on the hard court season, so I\u2019m hoping that in Cincy and in New York I can find that rhythm.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT:\u00a0Coco Gauff takes over as world No 1 in alternative tennis rankings<\/a> The post What Coco Gauff said about Victoria Mboko comparisons after Canadian Open upset<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Coco Gauff has dismissed comparisons between herself and Victoria Mboko after she was beaten by the teenager at the 2025 Canadian Open. Mboko\u00a0upset world No 2 Gauff 6-1, 6-4 in 62 minutes in the fourth round in Montreal for her first-ever win against a top 10 player. The 18-year-old now holds a 1-1 head-to-head record […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Coco Gauff News<\/h2>\n
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