Canada's Davis Cup comeback against Hungary falls short; Pospisil says he'll retire in 2025

Vasek Pospisil's decorated Davis Cup career with Canada is over.

Pospisil teamed up with Liam Draxl to beat Hungary's Mate Valkusz and Peter Fajta in a must-win doubles match Sunday at the men's team tennis tournament.

The 34-year-old from Vernon, B.C., announced he'd played his last Davis Cup tie after the match, adding he'll retire from tennis altogether sometime this year.

"There were a lot of emotions before the match. I didn't want to talk about it before, didn't want it to be a distraction for the team," Pospisil said next to a surprised Draxl at their post-match news conference. "Just the best memories of my career, playing with the team. Davis Cup means so much to me and these guys meant so much, and playing for your country.

"It just had such a huge, big impact on my career and life."

Canada ultimately failed to make a comeback and lost 3-2 to Hungary in this weekend's first-round qualifier.

Marton Fucsovics defeated Alexis Galarneau of Laval, Que., 7-6 (8), 6-4, in the decisive fifth match to lift Hungary past Canada 3-2 in the men's team tennis tournament first-round qualifier.

Canada had battled back after falling behind 2-0 in the best-of-five tie with two singles losses Saturday.

After Pospisil and Draxl, of Newmarket, Ont., opened the day with their doubles win, Montreal's Gabriel Diallo then rolled to a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Hungary's Fabian Marozsan at IGA Stadium.

Hungary advances to the second round of qualifiers in September. Canada has been relegated to the World Group 1 level.

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Pospisil later addressed the crowd and Tennis Canada executive Valerie