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My parents fled war-torn Congo – now I beat my idol and emulated 26-year Serena Williams record….. Watch the videos 👇👇👇

My parents fled war-torn Congo – now I beat my idol and emulated 26-year Serena Williams record….. Watch the videos 👇👇👇
Canada has a new home hero after one of their own completed a fairytale run in Montreal.
The sold-out crowd witnessed the 85th ranked Canadian wildcard beat Osaka 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 to win her first WTA Tour title.
Her thrilling win was even felt 330 miles away in Toronto after cheers there interrupted the men’s final, which was being played concurrently.
“I guess the Canadian player won in Montreal,” chair umpire Fergus Murphy explained to the confused finalists Ben Shelton and Karen Khachanov
After beating four-time Grand Slam champion Osaka, 2022 Wimbledon winner Elena Rybakina, 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin and two-time major winner Coco Gauff, Mboko became just the third teen to eliminate four Grand Slam champions in one event.
“I think my biggest takeaway is the sky’s the limit,” Mboko told the Guardian after the win.
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“I never would have thought I would win a WTA 1000 so soon, that this would be my first WTA title, too.
Mboko is also the youngest player ever to achieve this feat since Serena Williams did so en route to her historic 1999 US Open title.