Vasek Pospisil

[Damian]

CH Rennes: Vasek najlepszy, 6. tytuł CH.

Open de Rennes (Rennes, France): Second seed Vasek Pospisil claimed his sixth ATP Challenger Tour title on Sunday in Rennes, routing Ricardas Berankis 6-1, 6-2 in 72 minutes. The Canadian has won 10 straight matches on the circuit, dating back to his victory in Busan, South Korea in May 2017. His impressive ATP Rankings ascent continues as well, returning to the Top 100 at No. 85. Pospisil, who stunned then-World No. 1 Andy Murray at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event in Indian Wells last year, is trending upwards as he seeks a return to top form.

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[DUN I LOVE]

Vasek w Budapeszcie wygrał już 2 turniej CH w tym roku. Mocno wystartował w nowy rok, ale na poziomie ATP dalej bez szału (0-2 do tej pory).

[Lleyton]

Pospisil Goes Back-To-Back With Budapest Title

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Revisit the week that was on the ATP Challenger Tour as we applaud the achievements of those on the rise and look ahead to who’s in action in the week to come

A LOOK BACK
Hungarian Challenger Open (Budapest, Hungary): It has been four years since Vasek Pospisil reached a career-high of No. 25 in the ATP Rankings, but the Canadian is fast returning to the top form that carried him to stardom. The 27-year-old has kicked off his 2018 campaign in dominant fashion, claiming consecutive ATP Challenger Tour crowns in Rennes, France and Budapest, Hungary. He did not drop a set en route to the title in Rennes two weeks ago and battled to a trio of three-set victories on Sunday in Budapest. The week culminated with a 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-3 win over Spanish teen Nicola Kuhn.

Kuhn, aged 17, was contesting his second Challenger final after earning his maiden title in Braunschweig, Germany last year. He also teamed up with fellow #NextGenATP Felix Auger-Aliassime to capture the doubles title.

Kunal Patel San Francisco Open (San Francisco, U.S.A.): As hot as Pospisil has been to start 2018, Taiwan's Jason Jung is giving him some competition. The 28-year-old notched his third Challenger title in three years with a 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(5) win over German Dominik Koepfer in San Francisco.

Now 9-3 this year, Jung was coming off a semi-final finish (l. to Nishikori) in Dallas and earned signature upsets of seeds Mackenzie McDonald and Noah Rubin en route to the San Francisco title. He saved two match points to defeat McDonald and dropped just four games to shock Rubin.

It was his first crown away from China, following wins at Chengdu 2016 and Zhangjiagang 2017. Now, up to No. 155 in the ATP Rankings, Jung is just 12 spots off his career-high position.

Smart Fibre Launceston International (Launceston, Australia): Marc Polmans couldn't have dreamt of a stronger week to secure his first ATP Challenger Tour title. The Aussie mounted a ruthless charge to lift his maiden trophy, not dropping a set all week and dominating the final 6-2, 6-2 over countryman Bradley Mousley. Polmans is the second #NextGenATP winner of the year, joining Newport Beach champ Taylor Fritz. He rises 78 spots in the ATP Rankings to No. 223.

You May Also Like: Challenger #NexGenATP First-Time Winner: Marc Polmans

A LOOK AHEAD
The 25th edition of the Challenger La Manche, in Cherbourg, France, highlights the week. Former World No. 6 Gilles Simon is the top seed and appearing in his first Challenger since 2010. Former champions Mathias Bourgue, Norbert Gombos and Kenny de Schepper are in the draw.

Tennis is back in Chennai, India. After a 22-year run on the ATP World Tour, the Chennai Open Challenger is here for an inaugural edition. Jordan Thompson is the top seed, with Yuki Bhambri second and Duckhee Lee third.

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[Lleyton]

Pospisil Riding Perfect Challenger Campaign In Indian Wells

Spoiler:

Canadian has won his past two ATP Challenger Tour events in Rennes, France and Budapest, Hungary

Canadian Vasek Pospisil, the former World No. 25, is four years removed from achieving his career-high in the ATP Rankings. But the 27-year-old is well on his way to returning to his top form, finding great success on the ATP Challenger Tour in 2018.

Pospisil entered this week's Oracle Challenger Series Indian Wells on the heels of impressive runs on the Challenger circuit, winning the Open de Rennes in France and the Hungarian Challenger Open in Budapest to move back inside the Top 100 of the ATP Rankings. He enters Friday's quarter-final encounter with American Christian Harrison with a perfect 12-0 Challenger record this year.

“I feel great. I've had a great start of the year. Couldn't be better, to be honest, and [I’m] just trying to build my ranking back up to where it was in the past, where I feel like I belong,” Pospisil told ATPWorldTour.com from Indian Wells. “[I’ve] been working extremely hard and I'm just very happy that the start of the year so far has been good and [I’ve] played well. It's a very long year, so it's just the beginning, but definitely an encouraging start.”

And it’s only fitting that the Canadian is rounding into form at the same venue where he earned the best win of his career last season: the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Pospisil defeated then-World No. 1 Andy Murray at the 2017 BNP Paribas Open, sending shockwaves throughout the Coachella Valley.

“It was a great week for me last year. It's always special coming down here, playing in Indian Wells,” Pospisil said. “My family always comes down and I've had some good results in the past. So every time I come out here, I reminisce on those and there are tons of Canadian fans that come out as well and I have great support… definitely always very happy to be back here and I'm sure that has to do with the good results. So hopefully I can perform well. I'll do my best, that's for sure.”

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The World No. 83 is attempting to maintain his perfect ATP Challenger Tour mark as he prepares to play qualifying at the BNP Paribas Open - the first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament of the year - next week. And while this success may not be coming at tour-level events, Pospisil has not taken the tournaments lightly by any means.

“You can't expect results without hard work… every match is tough. I mean every level, every time you step on the court, you've got to be ready,” Pospisil said. “It doesn't matter what tournament you're playing. The ATP [World Tour] has a lot of depth and every match is really tough… right now I'm extremely motivated, working very hard, spending hours on the court and in the gym. So I think now I just have to be patient and let the results take care of themselves.”

Pospisil hired two new coaches in the offseason: Dirk Hordorff and Rainer Schuettler, a pair whom the Canadian says have helped his game tremendously after falling to year-end No. 108.

“I'm very happy with them. I mean, it's going really great,” Pospisil said. “They're very, very good coaches…. I'm just just thrilled to be back on the court and working hard on my game. We have a clear goal and things that we're trying to improve and we're working hard every single day and that's that's the main thing.”

While Pospisil does want to move back towards the Top 50 of the ATP Rankings and eventually back inside the Top 30, where he last was in July of 2015, the Canadian has a broader goal in mind.

“Honestly right now, it's just about improving. I feel like I still have a lot to improve on in my game,” Pospisil said. ”Then, of course, I have my sights set on ranking goals, which is only natural and healthy to have. But at the same time, you don't want to get too distracted by that…. I'm not looking too far ahead right now, to be honest. I just feel like I have a lot of work ahead of me, just getting my groove back and confidence back and playing good tennis again.”

Seeded third, Pospisil will be back in action against Harrison on Friday. Marius Copil, Taylor Fritz and Dudi Sela are other seeds remaining in Indian Wells.

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[Damian]

Finał CH w Gimcheon:
* 3. finał CH w 2018 (2-1);
* 10. finał CH w karierze (7-3);

[Damian]

Finał CH w Busan:
* 4. finał CH w 2018 (2-2);
* 11. finał CH w karierze (7-4);

[Lleyton]

Q&A: On The Line With Vasek Pospisil

Spoiler:

Canadian discusses The Beatles and the life he is planning post-tennis

On Wednesday, Canadian Vasek Pospisil advanced to just his second tour-level quarter-final since October 2015, defeating recent Nature Valley International champion Mischa Zverev to move into the last eight at the Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open in Newport, Rhode Island.

In the newest edition of ATPWorldTour.com's 'On The Line' series, Pospisil discusses his favourite music and the interesting career he wants to pursue when he stops playing tennis.

What's your biggest passion outside of sport and why?
Music. Just because it soothes my soul. I love it.

What’s your favourite musical group?
The Beatles.

Favourite song?
In My Life by The Beatles.

What’s the last book you read?
The Sale of A Lifetime.

What’s your favourite book ever and why?
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. It’s probably the one I’ve tried to apply to my life the most and it’s a really good read.

Person whom you admire the most?
My father for the sacrifices he’s made in his life and because he’s taught me everything that I know. He’s taught me how to handle myself as a man and he taught me how to play tennis.

My tennis career will be a success ________________.
If I could finish my career and say that I left everything out there and didn’t feel like I have any regrets in terms of trying to get better every day. I don’t know what the results are going to bring, but I want to hold ATP World Tour titles, which I haven’t done yet, and finish inside the Top 20 [of the ATP Rankings] at some stage in my career.

After my tennis career, I want to _____________.
Start a family and become a real estate investor.

What makes you want to go into real estate?
I don’t know, I just have a real passion for it. I like the idea of being in real estate and making passive income, being able to spend time with my family and trying to grow real estate wealth.

Have you done any of that yet while on the ATP World Tour?
I’ve just started. I’ve just kind of planted the seeds just to kind of get into it. I’m not going to focus on that until after my career. As soon as I finish my tennis career, then I’m really going to educate myself and dive into it and make that my priority No. 1 in my career. [But] not before I’m done with tennis, because there’s too much risk to go into something that I’m not fully educated in.

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[Damian]

Auger-Aliassime, Pospisil receive Rogers Cup wildcards

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On Wednesday, Tennis Canada announced the names of the players who have received a wildcard into the 2018 Rogers Cup presented by National Bank in Montreal and Toronto. The last two wildcards for the WTA Premier 5 tournament in Montreal were awarded to Canadians Bianca Andreescu (Mississauga, ON) and Carol Zhao (Richmond Hill, ON). On the men’s side, Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC), Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON) and Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC) were invited into the main draw in Toronto.

And so, Canada will be represented by eight players in the two cities. Auger-Aliassime, Polansky and Pospisil join their countrymen Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON) and Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON), and Andreescu and Zhao meet up with Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC), whose wildcard was confirmed earlier this month.

Auger-Aliassime will play in the main draw of Rogers Cup for the very first time. Last year, he was forced to skip the event due to injury. The Montrealer earned his first ATP win in March when he defeated fellow Canadian Vasek Pospisil before falling to Milos Raonic in the second round at Indian Wells. He recently defended his crown at the Lyon Challenger. In doing so, he earned his third Challenger title at the age of 17, becoming a member of a select group of players that includes Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin del Potro. Auger-Aliassime is currently ranked World No. 134—a high in his young career.

For Pospisil, the tournament will be his eighth Rogers Cup. In 2013, he took John Isner and Tomas Berdych by surprise on his way to an all-Canadian semi against Milos Raonic. It was a homegrown matchup that hadn’t been seen since 1990. Pospisil reached the quarterfinals in Newport last week and appeared in two straight ATP Challenger finals in South Korea in May. He got his season off to a great start with wins at the Challenger events in Rennes and Budapest.

Polansky is coming off an excellent week that culminated in him hoisting the winner’s trophy of the Granby National Bank Challenger. Currently ranked World No. 122, the 30-year-old qualified for the first three Grand Slam tournaments of the season. He will be making his 11th appearance in the main draw of Rogers Cup. Last year in Montréal, he got the better of Pospisil but was no match for Roger Federer.

Canadian no.2 and World No. 138 Carol Zhao will play in the main draw of Rogers Cup for the third time in her career and fight to make it past round 1 for the very first time. Earlier this season, she reached the quarterfinals of the Midland Challenger and joined Canada’s Fed Cup team in its first-round World Group II showdown against Romania.

Andreescu went as far as the semifinals of the Granby Challenger last week before being stopped in her tracks by a back injury. She withdrew from the tournament in Washington this week to recover for Rogers Cup. This season, the 18-year-old battled in two Challenger finals in Japan in March. Currently ranked World No. 148, she is in the main draw of Rogers Cup for a second consecutive season.

Wild Cards for Qualifying and Doubles Draws

The wildcards for the qualifying event were also announced. In Montréal, they were awarded to Françoise Abanda (Montreal, QC), Rebecca Marino (Vancouver, BC) and Katherine Sebov (Toronto, ON). An additional spot is also reserved for the winner of a prequalifying tournament that is underway this week at IGA Stadium. The last two wildcards for the qualifying rounds were exchanged for main draw slots in Hobart in early 2018 and Miami in 2019. In Toronto, three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka, who is currently ranked World No. 201 in the wake of two knee surgeries, has gotten a wildcard along with Filip Peliwo (Vancouver, BC) and Brayden Schnur (Pickering, ON). A fourth wildcard will be handed out later this week.

In doubles, two all-Canadian teams received Wild Cards for the main draw. Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON) will take part in his final Rogers Cup playing alongside Vasek Pospisil, while Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov will team up and try to cause some surprises. The doubles Wild Cards for Montreal will be announced in the coming days.

Owned and operated by Tennis Canada, the prestigious Rogers Cup presented by National Bank attracts the biggest stars in tennis year after year. In 2018, the men’s event will take place at the Aviva Centre in Toronto from August 4 to 12, while the women’s event will take place at IGA Stadium in Montreal from August 3 to 12. Sportsnet is the official English broadcaster and TVA Sports is the official French broadcaster of the 2018 Rogers Cup.

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[Barty]

US Open 2018: udane otwarcie.

Vasek Pospisil (CAN) d. Lukas Lacko (SVK) 7-5 6-3 6-2

[Damian]

Australia’s Alex de Minaur, who is currently one spot behind Shapovalov in fourth position in the ATP Race To Milan, booked his spot in the second round with a 6-4, 7-6(4) victory over Vasek Pospisil in one hour and 52 minutes. De Minaur, who also beat the Canadian in August at the Citi Open in Washington, D.C., now faces Benoit Paire of France.

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[Lleyton]

Pospisil Sets All-Canadian Clash With Raonic In Antwerp

Spoiler:

World No. 79 has a big day on serve at the European Open

Vasek Pospisil set up a second-round showdown with fellow Canadian Milos Raonic at the European Open after a confident 6-3, 7-5 win over Argentine Leonardo Mayer Monday in Antwerp. Pospisil, 28, fired 10 aces and dropped just 10 points in 11 service games, winning an impressive 82 percent of points on his first and second serve.

Despite spotting his opponent 17 years in age, left-handed Spanish veteran Feliciano Lopez had the measure of 20-year-old #NextGenATP American Frances Tiafoe, winning 6-4, 7-6(5) after hitting 18 aces. Lopez did not concede a break point chance. He converted just one of seven opportunities on Tiafoe’s serve en route to the second round, where he awaits the winner of German Jan-Lennard Struff and French lucky loser Constant Lestienne.

American Mackenzie McDonald, who took out Raonic in the Shanghai first round last week, defeated Chilean Nicolas Jarry 6-1, 7-6(8). And in the only other main-draw match Monday, Jiri Vesely saved the lone break point he faced against #NextGenATP Spaniard Jaume Munar. The Czech next faces fourth-seeded Frenchman Richard Gasquet.

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Did You Know?
Pospisil needs just two more match wins to reach 100 career victories.

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Did You Know?
Pospisil needs just two more match wins to reach 100 career victories.

Pospisil Sets All-Canadian Clash With Raonic In Antwerp

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Antwerp

Vasek Pospisil

Match Report

2018
World No. 79 has a big day on serve at the European Open
Vasek Pospisil set up a second-round showdown with fellow Canadian Milos Raonic at the European Open after a confident 6-3, 7-5 win over Argentine Leonardo Mayer Monday in Antwerp. Pospisil, 28, fired 10 aces and dropped just 10 points in 11 service games, winning an impressive 82 percent of points on his first and second serve.

Despite spotting his opponent 17 years in age, left-handed Spanish veteran Feliciano Lopez had the measure of 20-year-old #NextGenATP American Frances Tiafoe, winning 6-4, 7-6(5) after hitting 18 aces. Lopez did not concede a break point chance. He converted just one of seven opportunities on Tiafoe’s serve en route to the second round, where he awaits the winner of German Jan-Lennard Struff and French lucky loser Constant Lestienne.

American Mackenzie McDonald, who took out Raonic in the Shanghai first round last week, defeated Chilean Nicolas Jarry 6-1, 7-6(8). And in the only other main-draw match Monday, Jiri Vesely saved the lone break point he faced against #NextGenATP Spaniard Jaume Munar. The Czech next faces fourth-seeded Frenchman Richard Gasquet.

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[Damian]

[arti]

[Barty]

2018 w liczbach:

Ranking: 70
Bilans meczów: 8-15
Tytuły: 0
Finały: 0
Zarobki: $512,161

[Damian]

[Damian]

[Damian]

Wywiad z Vaskiem:
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[Damian]