The tennis world took notice when Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko won the Montreal title in August with victories over four Grand Slam champions along the way, and the Serena Williams comparisons were not far behind.

The parallels with the 23-times Grand Slam champion were not misplaced.

Mboko became the youngest player since Williams to defeat four major winners in a tournament when she downed Sofia Kenin, Coco Gauff, Elena Rybakina and Naomi Osaka to claim the WTA 1000 crown in Canada.

The 19-year-old rookie went on to prove that triumph was no fluke, backing it up with the Hong Kong title on Sunday when she outlasted Spaniard Cristina Bucsa 7-5 6-7(9) 6-2 in the longest tour-level final of the season.

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