Tag: Pospisil

18 OCT

Pospisil upsets Raonic, Shapovalov wins other all-Canadian matchup

Vasek Pospisil advanced to the third round of the European Open tennis tournament with a 7-6 (3), 7-5 upset of fellow Canadian Milos Raonic on Wednesday. Pospisil, form Vancouver, beat his hard-serving opponent at his own game, firing 11 aces to Raonic's nine and converting 84 per cent of available first serve points. Pospisil will […]

17 SEP

Canada's Nestor, Pospisil top India to take Davis Cup lead

Rising star Denis Shapovalov will have a chance to send Canada through to the World Group for 2018 after a huge doubles win put Canada up 2-1 in its best-of-five Davis Cup tie against India. Daniel Nestor and Vasek Pospisil came away with a clutch 7-5, 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 victory over Rohan Bopanna and Purav Raja of India in doubles play on Saturday to put Canada in […]

12 MAR

Vasek Pospisil sends Andy Murray packing at Indian Wells

World number one Andy Murray was sent packing from the second round of the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday after being beaten 6-4 7-6(5) by Canadian qualifier Vasek Pospisil. Pospisil finished off Murray in style, whipping a cross court winner on his fourth match point before celebrating in front of the near capacity crowd at […]