Former World No.1 Naomi Osaka received backlash for not mentioning Victoria Mboko in her trophy presentation speech after losing to the teenage star in the final of the 2025 Canadian Open.

Osaka says she was in 'a daze' and that's one of the reasons why she forgot to congratulate Mboko on the Montreal title on the court.

Mboko has played so much tennis this season for one reason — because she wins and wins and wins some more. She’s just doing it on ever-bigger stages. In addition to Osaka and Rybakina, she beat world No. 2 Coco Gauff and 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin on the way to the title.