Canada’s Victoria Mboko has earned a spot in yet one more semifinal.
The 19-year-old tennis phenom from Toronto outlasted American Madison Keys for a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 quarterfinals win on the Adelaide Worldwide tennis match on Thursday.
Mboko, the match’s eighth seed, broke Keys early, en path to successful the primary set, however could not compete with the reigning Australian Open champion’s large serve within the second.
Keys, seeded second on the WTA 500 occasion, fired eight aces throughout the one-hour 53-minute match, together with six within the second set alone.
The Canadian received 75 per cent of her first-serve factors within the third set and transformed the lone breakpoint out there to her.
She’ll now face Kimberly Birrell of Australia within the semifinals.
Mboko is about to make her debut on the Australian Open later this month after a breakout 2025 season on the WTA Tour.
She was named the WTA Newcomer of the 12 months after successful the Nationwide Financial institution Open in Montreal and elevating her rating from No. 333 at the beginning of the season to No. 18 on the finish.
