Overview

• Eighteen-year-old Victoria Mboko became the first non-Top-10 semifinalist to claim the Montreal WTA 1000 title, rallying past Naomi Osaka 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 for her first major championship.
• Twenty-two-year-old Ben Shelton captured his first ATP Masters 1000 crown in Toronto by edging Karen Khachanov 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (3), making him the first American champion there since Andy Roddick in 2003.
• Mboko vaulted from world No. 85 into the WTA Top 25 and Shelton rose to a career-high ATP world No. 6 as a direct result of their breakthrough victories.
• Both draws opened up after all women’s semifinalists ranked outside the WTA Top 10 and top male stars Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic skipped or exited early.
• The new champions will carry momentum into the Cincinnati Masters as they prepare for deeper runs and seeding implications at the US Open.