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Yahoo
23-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Canadian tennis pro Vasek Pospisil announces retirement from the sport
Vasek Pospisil, a Canadian tennis star from Vernon, B.C., has announced he will retire after 18 years following the 2025 National Bank Open in Toronto. Pospisil represented Canada twice at the Olympic Games in 2012 and 2016.


CBC
23-07-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Canadian tennis pro Vasek Pospisil announces retirement from the sport
Vasek Pospisil, a Canadian tennis star from Vernon, B.C., has announced he will retire after 18 years following the 2025 National Bank Open in Toronto. Pospisil represented Canada twice at the Olympic Games in 2012 and 2016.


Washington Post
21-07-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Vasek Pospisil retiring from tennis after a career that included a Wimbledon doubles title
TORONTO — Vasek Pospisil , who won a Wimbledon men's doubles title and helped Canada win the Davis Cup, will retire from tennis after playing in the Toronto tournament next week. 'Eighteen years of professional tennis. Looking forward to playing in front of you one last time in Toronto,' the 35-year-old Pospisil posted Monday on social media.


National Post
15-06-2025
- Sport
- National Post
Canada's Gabriel Diallo wins Libema Open for first ATP Tour title
Article content 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH — Gabriel Diallo has won his first ATP Tour title. Article content The 23-year-old Montreal native defeated Belgium's Zizou Bergs 7-5, 7-6 (8) to win the Libema Open tennis tournament on Sunday. Article content Article content In what was a tight, back-and-forth second set, Diallo was down 6-4 in the tiebreaker before pulling victory from the jaws of defeat. He got three straight points from then on before eventually taking the win. Article content 'Oh man, I don't have the words. It's something that you dream of for your whole life since you were a little kid, to get an ATP Tour title,' Diallo said in his on-court interview. 'The fact that I was able to do it here after losing a final last year, it just means the world to me. Article content 'I'm very happy, not only for myself but for my whole team.' Article content Diallo had nine aces, won 76 per cent of his first-serve points and had 23 winners. He also broke on his lone opportunity, while saving his opponent's two break point chances. Article content The six-foot-eight Diallo was the first Canadian men's singles finalist in event history. He is also just the fourth Canadian to win an ATP Tour singles title this century after Milos Raonic (eight titles), Felix Auger-Aliassime (seven titles) and Denis Shapovalov (three titles). Article content