The eye-popping partnership comes during what has been an underwhelming clay-court season for Mboko, who only played one match across Madrid and Rome before taking a late wild card into the WTA 500 in Strasbourg ahead of Roland Garros.
After back-to-back quarterfinal appearances in Indian Wells and Miami, Mboko withdrew from Canada’s Billie Jean King Cup tie in mid-April due to getting her wisdom teeth removed. She then lost her opening match at the Mutua Madrid Open to Caty McNally, and withdrew from the Internazionali BNL d’Italia with gastrointestinal illness.
