{"id":1819854,"date":"2026-03-11T09:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T06:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1819854"},"modified":"2026-03-11T09:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T06:15:12","slug":"what-victoria-mboko-had-to-say-after-stunning-win-over-amanda-anisimova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1819854","title":{"rendered":"What Victoria Mboko had to say after stunning win over Amanda Anisimova"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">What Victoria Mboko had to say after stunning win over Amanda Anisimova<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/author\/shahidaj\" class=\"text-sm font-normal !text-author\"><br \/>\n                       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class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Victoria Mboko with Amanda Anisimova in the inset                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p>Victoria Mboko produced another incredible display to reach the quarter-final of the Indian Wells Open in her debut at the WTA 1000 event and her reward is a clash against world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old rising star is yet to drop a set in California, as after beating Kimberley Birrell and 24th seed Anna Kalinskaya, she followed it up with 6-4, 6-1 victory over sixth seed Amanda Anisimova in the fourth round.<\/p>\n<p>Anisimova is a two-time Grand Slam finalist as she finished runner-up at Wimbledon and the US Open in 2025, yet the teenager dominated the encounter as she broke in game seven of the opening set and then followed it up with three breaks in the second set.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/victoria-mboko\">Mboko<\/a>, who started the tournament at a career-high No 10 in the rankings, has already moved up one spot to No 9 in the Live Rankings with a further boost in the cards if she reaches the semi-final.<\/p>\n<p>However, she could not have asked for a tougher assignment in the last eight as she faces four-time Grand Slam winner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/aryna-sabalenka\">Sabalenka<\/a>, who is 14-1 so far this season with her only defeat coming in the final of the Australian Open against Elena Rybakina.<\/p>\n<p>Following her win over Anisimova, Mboko talked about her upcoming clash against Sabalenka as well as her own incredible rise to the top.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong> Vicky, congrats. What a great performance. Welcome to the quarterfinals. Just your thoughts on the match.<\/p>\n<p><strong>VICTORIA MBOKO:<\/strong> \u201cYeah, playing against Amanda today, I knew it was going to be very difficult going in the match. I feel like we had really great exchanges at the back, and she was playing some really solid tennis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I felt that I was just wanting to stay in there as much as I could with her, and I\u2019m happy to have gotten the win today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong> You know, maybe, I don\u2019t know, a year ago, a top-10 win would be, like, ahhh. You\u2019re obviously in the top-10 yourself. Talk about how different the expectations are that you put on yourself these days that maybe these sorts of accomplishments, a quarter-final at Indian Wells, doesn\u2019t necessarily blow you away.<\/p>\n<h2>WTA News<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/alex-eala-names-four-fellow-wta-players-as-she-reveals-her-closest-friends-on-tour\">Alex Eala names four fellow WTA players as she reveals her closest friends on tour<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/navratilova-warns-victoria-mboko-just-getting-started-after-meteoric-rise\">Tennis icon warns Victoria Mboko is \u2018just getting started\u2019 after \u2018meteoric\u2019 rise<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>VICTORIA MBOKO:<\/strong> \u201cI feel like I\u2019m one person to never really put expectations on myself, because you could either have a really good week or a bad week. So I wouldn\u2019t want to kind of put myself down or put myself on a pedestal and say I\u2019m supposed to make this round.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have just been taking it day by day, and yeah, it\u2019s kind of weird that I\u2019m top 10 now. So to be playing players in the top 10, I\u2019m still really excited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong> After you met Aryna in Australia, you talked about you had a pretty good match with her, second set, and you talked about you didn\u2019t hit a thorough-enough ball, left a lot of balls short, and she punished you for that. I wonder if that experience has lived with you and you\u2019ve thought about it a little bit? Did it surprise you just how much she was able to hurt you?<\/p>\n<p><strong>VICTORIA MBOKO:<\/strong> \u201cIt kind of did. I mean, she\u2019s World No. 1. She\u2019s obviously doing something right. Yeah, I think it was a big eye-opener playing her in the Australian Open, and I\u2019d say coming into this match, of course, I played her, so I know what to expect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do think about it a lot, and you always try to see how to improve yourself in those kinds of situations in practice, and hopefully the next round I could be more prepared for those kinds of balls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong> I wonder, seven years ago, you were 12, I wonder if you had an eye on this tournament when Bianca did what she did in 2019? Was relatively unknown and just stormed at that title. It was an amazing run.<\/p>\n<p><strong>VICTORIA MBOKO:<\/strong> \u201cIt was crazy that was seven years ago. Yeah, I remember watching it happen, and it was huge, especially in Canada. Bianca was someone, I really look up to her a lot and she had really great achievements so young.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, seeing her do well, of course, gave a lot of young Canadians hope that they could do something like her. That was just really nice to see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong> Did you already know her at that time personally?<\/p>\n<p><strong>VICTORIA MBOKO:<\/strong> \u201cYeah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong> You did?<\/p>\n<p><strong>VICTORIA MBOKO:<\/strong> \u201cYeah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong> In terms of, you know, going into the match against Aryna, when you look back on the match in Australia, what was the one thing that maybe surprised you or took you maybe off-guard, the whole experience playing her, might not have been just her, could have been the experience of Laver or anything like that, that you don\u2019t think that you\u2019ll experience this time because you would have been exposed to?<\/p>\n<p><strong>VICTORIA MBOKO:<\/strong> \u201cWell, I mean I could just say playing her in general, like I said before, she generates a really good ball. I feel like she was able to push me off the court a lot more and able to really stay aggressive against me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo hopefully I can hold my ground a bit more against her and try to kind of even it out a bit more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll see. I mean, it was my first time playing on a Grand Slam center court too, so I feel like there was a lot going on in my head, but yeah, we\u2019ll see. It\u2019s a new day, new tournament. \u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong> At 19, I would assume you\u2019re still learning a lot as you progress in your career. I wonder, through a few rounds here in Indian Wells in your debut, what are some lessons you learned here?<\/p>\n<p><strong>VICTORIA MBOKO:<\/strong> \u201cTo be honest, I\u2019m still in the tournament, so I can\u2019t really just wrap it up and kind of reflect on everything right now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut, I mean, I have just been taking it day by day. Yeah, every round I\u2019m kind of trying to improve myself and make little adjustments to my game to play better players and try to advance further. So I guess just along each round, I just want to improve myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong> You started 2025 outside the top 300. Now obviously you are in the top 10. I looked into it. Coco took a little bit longer to make that big jump. Mirra, as well. Does it feel fast to you how quickly the last year and a half has kind of been? What has been the key to not letting it get overwhelming?<\/p>\n<p><strong>VICTORIA MBOKO:<\/strong> \u201cI mean, I will agree everything came super fast, but I just think, I mean, I just think if you put a lot of pressure on yourself and have a lot of expectations for yourself, you\u2019re not really going to perform the way you want to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I just try to come to terms that with every tournament I play, it\u2019s not going to be maybe the way I want it to, but I just want to give 100% effort, and there is always a lesson to learn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like that\u2019s the only way I\u2019m going to improve myself. As long as each week I\u2019m able to take something away and try to learn and grow from it, it\u2019s only going to be upwards from here. Yeah, it\u2019s a marathon, not a race, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Victoria Mboko had to say after stunning win over Amanda Anisimova Shahida Jacobs 11 Mar 2026 9:15 AM Victoria Mboko with Amanda Anisimova in the inset Victoria Mboko produced another incredible display to reach the quarter-final of the Indian Wells Open in her debut at the WTA 1000 event and her reward is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-1819854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1819854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1819854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1819854\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1819854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1819854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1819854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}