Rising star Victoria Mboko pulls out of Dubai championships
Africanews · 1 month ago
Africanews
1 month ago
Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko has withdrawn from the 2026 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships due to a right-elbow injury, becoming the seventh player to pull out of the tournament—just hours after cracking the WTA top 10 for the first time in her career.
Breakdown
- Victoria Mboko withdraws from Dubai due to right elbow injury 4s
- Mboko is the seventh player to pull out of this year's event 11s
- Karolina Muchova also withdraws, citing schedule change 23s
- Other top players withdraw due to injuries or scheduling conflicts 37s
- Petra Marcinko replaces Mboko and faces Jacqueline Christiane 44s