Mboko has played so much tennis this season for one reason — because she wins and wins and wins some more. She’s just doing it on ever-bigger stages. In addition to Osaka and Rybakina, she beat world No. 2 Coco Gauff and 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin on the way to the title.

Osaka says she was in 'a daze' and that's one of the reasons why she forgot to congratulate Mboko on the Montreal title on the court.

Naomi Osaka reacts to playing Victoria Mboko in the final of the National Bank Open after Mboko called Osaka her "idol" years back.