The young Canadian wildcard stunned top seeded Coco Gauff 6-1, 6-4 in the round-of-16 at the National Bank Open on Saturday to extend her Cinderella run. Next, she will face an unseeded opponent, Jessica Bouzas Maneiro of Spain. Mboko has become the headliner in Montreal.

Mboko is the first Canadian to advance to the quarterfinals in Montreal since Bianca Andreescu in 2019 and is now the youngest Canadian to defeat a No. 1 seed at the National Bank Open.

Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko delivered the biggest victory of her career on Saturday when she dominated top-seeded Coco Gauff 6-1, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals of the National Bank Open in Montreal.