Wildcard Victoria Mboko won her first WTA title by coming from behind to beat four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka in the Canadian Open final.
For the second successive match, the 18-year-old Canadian had to show resilience after conceding the opening set but rallied to win 2-6 6-4 6-1.
Mboko began the year ranked 333rd in the world but has risen to 24th after a win that delighted her home crowd.
“I was super happy to be playing in Montreal for the first time ever. I just remember feeling nervous, but really taking in the moment as much as I possibly could,” Mboko said.
“When I won my first round, I was super happy and super content. I would have never thought that I would have made it to the final, let alone win the tournament.
“I have so many emotions going through my head, I can’t even express it.”
Mboko beat four Grand Slam champions en route to collecting the title in front of 11,000 spectators.
The final of the men’s Canadian Open, which was being played between Ben Shelton and Karen Khachanov at the same time in Toronto, had to be halted when the crowd broke out in celebration after learning Mboko had won her match.
American Shelton, who won 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 7-6 (7-3), looked confused at the reaction and asked “what’s going on?” before walking over to speak with the chair umpire.
“Congrats on the title Vicky Mboko. I had no idea what was going on at the time but Toronto went nuts for you,” Shelton wrote on Instagram.