ROME — Canada’s Victoria Mboko superior to the second spherical of qualifying on the Italian Open WTA 1000 tennis event with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Seventeenth-seed Cristina Bucsa of Spain on Monday.
The 18-year-old from Toronto fired seven aces on the clay courts in Rome and broke Bucsa 5 occasions on 10 probabilities to wrap up the win in a single hour 14 minutes.
Mboko will subsequent face ninth seed Kamilla Rakhimova of Russia for the prospect to advance to her second profession 1000-level foremost draw. She superior to the second spherical of the Miami Open in March.
Mboko, the world No. 158, has a 31-3 document this season, largely enjoying on the lower-tier ITF World Tour, the place she has received 5 titles.
In different qualifying motion Monday, Marina Stakusic of Mississauga, Ont., fell 6-4, 6-4 to Tenth-seed Emiliana Arango of Colombia.
Each gamers struggled to carry serve, with Arango changing 9 break factors to Stakusic’s seven.
