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US Open Tennis: Two-time major champion Barbora Krejcikova of Czechia overcame the in-form Victoria Mboko, the recently-crowned Montreal winner, in one of the most eye-catching first-round matchups in the women's singles at the US Open, getting the better of the 18-year-old from Canada in straight sets here on Monday.

It was clash between Mboko's youthful exuberance and the experince of Krejcikova, who won the French Open title in 2021 and lifted the Wimbledon trophy in 2024. The Czech emerged a 6-3, 6-2 win in 1 hour and 23 minutes proving her recent resurgence is no flash in the pan.

It was a clash between two players that have experienced the two extremes of fortunes this year. The 29-year-old Krejcikova had slipped out of the Top 10 at the start of 2025 after missing the Tour for six months due to a back injury while Moboko, more than a decade her junior, was languishing outside the Top 300. But this week, the surging Mboko was the seeded player at No. 22, while Krejcikova's current position of No. 62 means she is unseeded in New York.