The man who once shocked world number one Andy Murray at Indian Wells is set to retire after the Toronto Open

The 2025 Toronto Open is right around the corner, with numerous high-profile players flocking to the Canadian city to compete for the next Masters 1000 title.

Despite a number of withdrawals from this year’s competition – including Novak Djokovic, Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz – superstar players like Alexander Zverev and Taylor Fritz will compete in Toronto.

The tournament has seen surprise names lift the trophy in recent years. Alexei Popyrin is the defending champion, while Pablo Carreno Busta won the title in 2023.

However, there is one mainstay on the ATP Tour who will have the most important moment of any player at this year’s Toronto Open.

This player, who shocked world number one Andy Murray back in 2017, is set to retire from tennis after the Toronto Open.

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Vasek Pospisil shocked Andy Murray in 2017

Over eight years ago, Andy Murray was on top of the world. The British icon was world number one and had won his second Wimbledon title in 2016.

At the 2017 Indian Wells tournament, Murray was the number one seed and expected by many to make a deep run at the tournament.

However, Murray did not account for a surprise figure that would halt his progress.

Vasek Pospisil was a qualifier at the 2017 Indian Wells tournament. After advancing to the first round of the main draw, he beat Yen-Hsun Lu 6-7 6-4 6-3.

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The Canadian then shocked Andy Murray, beating the Brit 6-4 7-6. Although Pospisil lost in the next round to Dusan Lajovic, he most certainly made his mark on the event.

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Of course, this was far from the biggest achievement in Pospisil’s career. The Canadian won the 2014 Wimbledon doubles title alongside Jack Sock, while also playing a key role in Canada’s 2022 Davis Cup victory.

Pospisil, who has announced his impending retirement following the Toronto Open, reached career highs of number four in the world for doubles and number 25 for singles.

What did Andy Murray say after the match?

Speaking to BBC Sport after the match, Murray discussed issues with his serve while noting that Pospisil ‘deserved’ the victory.

Murray said: “It was obviously a disappointing one as I had opportunities in the first set but I didn’t serve well enough,” Murray told BBC Sport.

“I served a few double faults, especially in the first set at important moments, which didn’t help things.

“He definitely started to play better in the second set, he was being aggressive and coming to the net and played some great reflex volleys at important moments and deserved to win.”

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