Victoria Mboko\u2019s coach Nathalie Tauziat has backed her player\u2019s US Open chances as she discussed the Canadian\u2019s decision to pull out of the Cincinnati Open.<\/p>\n
Teen star Mboko<\/a> stunned the tennis world with her epic Canadian Open triumph this past week, rallying from a set down to beat Naomi Osaka in the final<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ranked 85th in the world coming into her home event, having needed a wildcard to enter the draw, the 18-year-old has now surged up to a staggering new career-high of world No 24<\/a>.<\/p>\n That is more than enough for Mboko to be seeded at the US Open towards the end of August, in what will be her third Grand Slam appearance.<\/p>\n The Canadian came through qualifying to make her Grand Slam debut at the French Open, reaching round three, before making the second round of Wimbledon as a lucky loser.<\/p>\n Mboko beat four Grand Slam champions, including Osaka, to triumph in Montreal, though she will not play between her win and her maiden US Open main-draw appearance.<\/p>\n The Canadian was initially given a special exemption into the second round of the Cincinnati Open<\/a>, the second of two back-to-back hard-court WTA 1000 events held on North American hard courts.<\/p>\n However, having nursed a wrist injury towards the end of her successful Montreal campaign<\/a>, Mboko ultimately withdrew from the tournament in Ohio.<\/p>\n What Emma Raducanu and Aryna Sabalenka said ahead of blockbuster Cincinnati Open clash<\/a><\/p>\n Rafael Nadal and his wife welcome a second child as reason for name is revealed<\/a><\/p>\n Mboko\u2019s career is currently being guided by the hugely experienced Tauziat<\/a>, a former world No 3 and runner-up at Wimbledon in 1998.<\/p>\n Having previously worked with Canadian stars such as Eugenie Bouchard, Leylah Fernandez, and Bianca Andreescu, Tauziat has a wealth of knowledge to bring to Mboko\u2019s burgeoning career.<\/p>\n And the Frenchwoman has now revealed that holding the long-term goal of the US Open was key to the teen star\u2019s decision to ultimately not head to Cincinnati, and instead rest.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter Roland Garros, when we defined the schedule up to the US Open, we set some goals,\u201d said Tauziat.<\/p>\n \u201cBased on the way she\u2019s playing, we know she\u2019s capable of doing something big in New York. We want to focus 100% on that tournament, arriving well prepared and injury-free.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter Montreal, it was vital to manage the schedule well, which is why we\u2019re not going to Cincinnati.\u201d<\/p>\n Mboko has never contested a senior match in New York but contested the girls\u2019 singles event as a junior back in 2022.<\/p>\n The Canadian progressed all the way to the last four, before falling to eventual champion \u2013 and fellow 2025 breakout star \u2013 Alex Eala.<\/p>\n With Zheng Qinwen and Paula Badosa already out of the US Open, Mboko is currently projected to be the 22nd seed at the US Open, though her ranking could change depending on results in Cincinnati this week.<\/p>\n Read Next<\/strong>: 2025 US Open projected seedings: Will Victoria Mboko, Naomi Osaka, Emma Raducanu make the cut?<\/a><\/p>\n The post Victoria Mboko\u2019s coach explains Cincinnati Open decision as she sends out US Open warning<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Victoria Mboko\u2019s coach Nathalie Tauziat has backed her player\u2019s US Open chances as she discussed the Canadian\u2019s decision to pull out of the Cincinnati Open. Teen star Mboko stunned the tennis world with her epic Canadian Open triumph this past week, rallying from a set down to beat Naomi Osaka in the final. Ranked 85th […]<\/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-849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849","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=849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Tennis News<\/h2>\n