Vernon鈥檚 own Vasek Pospisil will be opening up Canada鈥檚 Davis Cup season in Montreal.
Canada will face off against Korea at the IGA Stadium in Montreal for the Davis Cup tennis qualifying tie on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 2-3.
Pospisil and teammate Gabriel Diallo will be playing singles matches against Seongchang Hong (world number 224) and Soonwoo Kwon (number 700) respectively.
鈥淭he bottom line is, we have a really deep team with a lot of great players that can play both singles and doubles,鈥� said Canada head coach Frank Dancevic at the team鈥檚 press conference on Thursday. 鈥淕abriel and Vasek are really sharp, they鈥檙e playing really well this week, and I feel like they鈥檙e a really good matchup going into Friday.鈥�
In doubles, Pospisil will team up with Alexis Galarneau to face the Korean duo on Jisung Nam and Minkyu Song.
Pospisil and Galarneau played four Davis Cup matches together as doubles partners in 2023, winning three times.
鈥淚 remember (from 2012) the atmosphere is always incredible when you play in Montreal,鈥� said Pospisil, who is appearing in his 33rd tie for Team Canada. 鈥淏ack from the first time I ever played at the National Bank Open, and it was the same at the Davis Cup, especially here in Quebec, you really get so much passion coming from the crowd and that鈥檚 important for a team event for us.鈥�
It has been a tough start to the season for 33-year-old, who has dropped his last six singles matches and is at a ranking of 486th in the world.
The winner of the tie between Korea and Canada will advance to the 2024 Finals, where they will join Australia, Italy, England, Spain and the winners of the 11 other ties, in a 16-nation lineup.
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