Serena Williams explains what made her want to play with Canada's Vicky Mboko
Serena Williams spoke about what she saw in Canada's Vicky Mboko that impressed her and made her want to team up with her in doubles tennis.
Serena Williams spoke about what she saw in Canada's Vicky Mboko that impressed her and made her want to team up with her in doubles tennis.
Tennis legend Serena Williams announced earlier this week that she will make her return to the court when she plays alongside up-and-coming Canadian star Vicky Mboko in the doubles portion of the Queen’s Club tournament. She spoke Sunday on her decision to return and if she plans to play singles in the future.
Now that the pairing with Serena Williams has been made public, Canadian Vicky Mboko spoke about the added pressure that comes with the extra attention but plans to just try and have fun at Queen's Club. Mboko added it's been a pleasure getting to know Serena on the court and spoke about her first memories of watching her play.
At long last, Alexander Zverev is a Grand Slam winner. The 29-year-old German won the elusive Slam title on Sunday, defeating Italy’s Flavio Cobolli 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7, 6-1 in the men’s singles final on the red clay courts at Roland-Garros.
Canada's Vicky Mboko detailed how Serena Williams reached out to her to see if she was interested in playing doubles together at Queen’s Club. Mboko also spoke about what it's been like to practice with one of her idols.
Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva ended the run of 114th-ranked Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska with a 6-3, 6-2 victory in the Roland-Garros final on Saturday to win her first Grand Slam title. Andreeva became the youngest player to win the women’s singles title at Roland-Garros since Monica Seles in 1992.
After capturing her first Grand Slam title at just 19 years old, Mirra Andreeva describes her emotions of winning Roland-Garros and congratulates Maja Chwalińska for her incredible run and hard-fought battle in the final.
Alexander Zverev is only one victory away from raising his first Grand Slam trophy after he beat 20-year-old Czech Jakub Mensik 7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in the Roland-Garros semifinals on Friday. Zverev has played in three previous Grand Slam finals, one of which was Roland-Garros in 2024, but he has yet to achieve a Grand Slam title.
Canadian Victoria Mboko talks about the opportunity to partner with tennis legend Serena Williams who announced that she will make her return to the court in doubles next week at the Queen’s Club tournament.
Serena Williams is officially returning to tennis, and she’s doing it alongside an up-and-coming Canadian star. The 44-year-old will partner with Burlington, Ont.’s Vicky Mboko, who announced on Instagram Thursday that she is honoured to share the court with Williams in doubles.
Maja Chwalińska reached the Roland-Garros final after defeating Russia’s Diana Shnaider 7-6 (7-4), 6-4, continuing what has become one of the most extraordinary runs in recent Grand Slam history.
Mirra Andreeva snapped Marta Kostyuk's 17-match winning streak to reach her first Grand Slam final at Roland-Garros. The 19-year-old became the third-youngest player to reach the French Open final this century with her 6-1, 6-3 straight sets win.
Tennis Canada's VP of high-performance Guillaume Marx breaks down Felix Auger-Aliassime's quarterfinal loss at Roland-Garros and reacts to the 25-year-old's post-match comments about being dissatisfied with the state of his career.
Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime run at Roland-Garros has come to an end. The fourth-seeded Canadian suffered a four-set loss to Italy’s Flavio Cobolli, going down 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
Felix Auger-Aliassime led by a set and a break before losing to Flavio Cobolli in the Roland Garros quarterfinals. "I'm destroyed today a little bit," the 25-year-old from Montreal said. "I feel like I'm not the player I want to be so today is a difficult day."
A frustrated Aryna Sabalenka spoke candidly to the media following her quarter-final loss to Diana Shnaider where she threw away a lead of a set and two breaks.
Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka reflects on her wasted a lead of a set and two breaks to lose 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 to Diana Shnaider.
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