Victoria Mboko vs Zheng Qinwen

🎾 WTA French Open - 3rd Round

Victoria Mboko vs Zheng Qinwen

🧠 Form & Context

Zheng Qinwen
🔥 Back in business: After a slow start to 2025 (1 win in Jan–Feb), she’s turned it around—winning 14 of her last 19 matches since March.
🏅 Paris déjà vu: Won Olympic gold here in 2024 and looks at ease on the clay again this week, dispatching Pavlyuchenkova and Arango in straight sets.
📈 Third RG R3: One win away from matching her best Slam run (R4, 2022), and in far better form now.
💪 Contender’s mindset: Playing like a top-10 player should—clean, focused, and business-like.

Victoria Mboko
👑 Cinderella run: The 18-year-old has stormed into the third round of her Grand Slam debut, winning all five matches in straight sets since qualifying.
🚀 Top 100 breakthrough: Her RG run has catapulted her into the top 100 for the first time.
🏆 ITF dominator: Five titles on hard courts in early 2025 and a final in Parma (clay) show she’s no flash in the pan.
📊 Learning curve: 8–5 vs top-100 players, but 0–2 against top-20 opponents—losing to Gauff and Badosa without winning a set.

🔍 Match Breakdown

Zheng enters this match as a clear favorite—not just due to ranking, but because she’s match-tough, experienced, and mentally composed.
Mboko has impressed with her maturity and composure, but Zheng’s consistency, power, and athleticism should prove too much over the long haul.
Expect a competitive start, but the Chinese star should pull away as the rallies extend and pressure builds.

🔮 Prediction & Bet Tip

Prediction: Zheng Qinwen in straight sets.
Suggested Bet: Under 19.5 games – Zheng's clean play and big-match readiness should limit games lost against the teenage breakout.