Canada’s Mboko tops Tauson to advance to fourth round of Australian Open

By Canadian Press on January 22, 2026.

MELBOURNE — Victoria Mboko is off to the fourth round of the Australian Open.

The 19-year-old from Toronto defeated 14th-seeded Clara Tauson of Denmark 7-6 (5), 5-7, 6-3 to advance on Friday local time.

Mboko, the 17th seed, had six aces but had to work through nine double faults at the Grand Slam tennis event. She also broke on five of her 13 opportunities and won 65 per cent of her first-serve points.

Tauson had five aces, four double faults, broke on five of her six chances and won 63 per cent of her first-serve points. She worked back from a 5-4 deficit in the second set before Mboko ran away with the match in the third set.

Earlier, Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazil’s Luisa Stefani advanced to the third round of women’s doubles play with a 6-2, 6-4 win over France’s Elsa Jacquemot and Colombia’s Emiliana Arango.

The fifth-seeded Dabrowski and Stefani will next face ninth-seeded duo Cristina Bucsa of Spain and Nicole Melichar-Martinez of the United States.