The two Canadians will face off Thursday in the second round of the U.S. Open in their first Grand Slam match, and just the fourth on the top-tier men’s tour, but their head-to-head history dates back to the early days of their careers
Milos Raonic, right, and Vasek Pospisil talk with their coaches after a Davis Cup practice in Vancouver on March 4, 2015.Milos Raonic and Vasek Pospisil have met just a handful of times on the ATP Tour, but their rivalry runs deep.
“I think he won pretty of all them through our junior career, then I won pretty much all of them except the last one through our professional careers.”The all-Canadian matchup comes after all five of the country’s singles players advanced to the second round of their respective draws. Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., also won their men’s opening matches, while Leylah Annie Fernandez of Laval, Que.
World No. 94 Pospisil, meanwhile, has enjoyed a career resurgence since returning from surgery for a herniated disc last year. He was instrumental in helping Canada reach the 2019 Davis Cup final and reached his second career final earlier in February in Montpellier, France before the ATP season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
It’s the first time four Canadian men are in the second round of a Grand Slam since five players advanced out of the first round of the 1959 US Championships.Raonic thinks the Canadians in New York are well prepared to make a deep push into this year’s U.S. Open.
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