Overview
- Mboko defeated Bianca Andreescu 6-3, 6-3 in the Toray Pan Pacific Open first round for her first victory since Montreal.
- The world No. 23 snapped a streak of four straight first-round losses in which she failed to take a set.
- She posted 20 winners against 18 unforced errors and converted four of six break points in a 75-minute performance.
- Mboko moves into the round of 16 to face Eva Lys, whom she beat at this year’s French Open.
- Andreescu’s slide continued with a third consecutive loss and a No. 172 ranking, but the two advanced together to the Tokyo doubles quarter-finals.