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Vicky Mboko and Janice Tjen are among the International Tennis Federation's breakthrough players
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Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, reacts as tennis champion Victoria Mboko signs her tennis racket used to win the 2025 National Bank Open in Montreal during a meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. - photo by Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press via AP
LONDON (AP) — Vicky Mboko, Janice Tjen, Lilli Tagger, Arnaud Bailly and Luka Mikrut were selected by a panel as the International Tennis Federation's Class of 2025, a group considered “promising and breakthrough” talents of the sport. The five players were revealed this week, based on their seasons on the ITF World Tennis Tour. Mboko, a 19-year-old Canadian, won four consecutive ITF World Tennis Tour titles early in the year and went on to win a WTA 1000 tournament in Montreal and reach the third round at the French Open.