Canada's Victoria Mboko will get another shot at a main draw in a WTA Tour 1000-level event.
Mboko earned a spot in the Italian Open on Tuesday with a 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 win over No. 9 qualifying seed Kamilla Rakhimova of Russia in the second and final round of qualifying for the clay-court event.
The 18-year-old from Toronto fired six aces, won 70 per cent of her first-serve points and broke Rakhimova six times.
Mboko will have a good chance at a win in the first round as she's been drawn against world No. 620 Arianna Zucchini of Italy. The winner will take on No. 4 seed Coco Gauff of the United States in the second round.
Mboko advanced to the second round of the Miami Open earlier this year after receiving a wild card.
Mboko, the world No. 156, has a 32-3 record this season, largely playing on the lower-tier ITF World Tour, where she has won five titles. She also won a pair of singles matches for Canada in Billie Jean King Cup ties.
Canadians Leylah Fernandez and Bianca Andreescu also are in the women's singles draw at the Italian Open.
Canada's Gabriel Diallo, Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime are in the men's singles draw.
— With files from the Canadian Press.
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