Vasek Pospisil has always put the maple leaf above everything else. In many ways the Vernon tennis pro has defined his career by his international performances with Team Canada.

So it was fitting that the final match of his career took place on home soil.

Pospisil, 35, brought his career to a close at the National Bank Open in Toronto, where on Sunday he fell to another 35-year-old, Facundo Bagnis of Argentina. After dropping the first set 6-2 and pulling a leg muscle in the fifth game, a hobbled Pospisil gutted out a 6-3 second set win before ultimately falling 6-3 in the decisive third set.

The crowd showered support upon Pospisil, whose career peaked with a world No. 25 ranking in singles and No. 4 in doubles.

From his six doubles titles on the ATP Tour — including at Indian Wells i

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