Overview
- Mboko announced on Instagram that she is not yet fit to compete and has formally withdrawn from the National Bank Open in Toronto.
- She suffered a medial collateral ligament injury to her left knee after slipping on the grass at Queen's Club, which forced her to retire from her match and to pull out of doubles with Serena Williams.
- Missing Toronto will cost her the 1,000 ranking points she was defending at the event and an additional 60 points from Washington, a loss that is likely to drop her down the rankings.
- Fellow players including Coco Gauff, Marta Kostyuk and Sloane Stephens publicly offered support on social media as Mboko said the setback is 'deeply disappointing' but vowed to return.
- Mboko, 19, won her first WTA title at last year’s Canadian event in Montréal, making this withdrawal a major competitive and personal blow and creating uncertainty about her schedule for the North American hard‑court swing.