Wildcard Victoria Mboko won her first WTA title by coming from behind to beat four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka in the Canadian Open final.
For the second successive match, the 18-year-old Canadian had to show resilience after conceding the opening set but rallied to win 2-6 6-4 6-1.
Mboko began the year ranked 333rd in the world but is projected to rise to 34th after a win that delighted her home crowd.
Mboko beat four Grand Slam champions en route to collecting the title in front of 11,000 spectators.
The final of the men’s Canadian Open, which was being played between Ben Shelton and Karen Khachanov at the same time in Toronto, had to be halted when the crowd broke out in celebration after learning Mboko had won her match.
American Shelton won 6-7, 6-4, 7-6.
