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Bagnis won the best-of-three match on centre court 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in one hour, 57 minutes.

Pospisil wrote on X before his match: "Eighteen years of professional tennis. Looking forward to playing in front of you one last time Toronto."

The 35-year-old Pospisil had a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25, and No. 4 in doubles. Along with partner Jack Sock, he won the 2014 Wimbledon Championships and the 2015 Indian Wells Masters men's doubles titles. He also reached the quarterfinals in singles at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships.

Against Bagnis, Pospsil had 17 winners, 39 unforced errors, six aces and five double faults. The winner had 20 winners, 25 unforced errors, 11 aces and two double faults.

Meanwhile, 18-year-old wild-card entry Nicolas Arseneault of Richmond Hill, Ont., knocked off 24-year-old qualifier Valentin Royer of France 6-3, 7-6 (4) in one hour, 45 minutes on the grandstand court at Sobeys Stadium.

Royer had more winners (21-14) than Arseneault, but had more unforced errors (48-23).

The ºÃÉ«tv had five aces, four double faults, a first serve percentage of 68, and won five of 11 break points.

Royer had three aces, six double faults, a first serve percentage of 61 and only won four of nine break points.

Arseneault will next play 18th-seeded Alexei Popyrin of Sydney, Australia.

In other action on Sunday, the world's 48th-ranked Gael Monfils of France lost to qualifier Tomas Barrios Vera of Chile 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (3), while 80th-ranked Roman Safiullin of Russia lost his first set 6-4 to qualifier Ugo Blanchet of France, but bounced back with 6-2, 7-6 (9) wins. The 84th-ranked Adam Walton of Australia lost his first set 6-4 to Benjamin Bonzi of France but bounced back with 6-0, 6-3 victories.

This report by ºÃÉ«tvwas first published July 27, 2025.