US EditionDiallo Upset as Brazil, Canada Split Davis Cup Qualifier Opening Matches
Canada and Brazil compete in a best-of-five Davis Cup tie with the winner advancing to September qualifiers; a ceremony honors Canadian Vasek Pospisil's retirement.
- On Feb. 6, 2026, Canada split its opening singles after Gabriel Diallo lost to Gustavo Heide at the Douglas Mitchell Thunderbird Arena in Vancouver.
- The format, best-of-five, sets high stakes for both teams as the winner advances to the Davis Cup Qualifiers Second Round in September against France or Slovakia.
- Diallo, Montreal native, ranked 39th, lost to Gustavo Heide in a two hour, 42-minute match that featured key tiebreaks, despite strong serve numbers.
- Brazil’s win gives the visitors momentum heading into Saturday, while Canadian captain Frank Dancevic said his team can regroup and focus match by match.
- On Saturday a ceremony will honour Canadian tennis veteran Vasek Pospisil, marking Vancouver’s first Davis Cup tie since 2015 and the first Canada vs. Brazil meeting since 2007.
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The Province
Vancouver SunDavis Cup: Gabriel Diallo's rally falls short as young Brazilian stages stunning upset
Canada needed to win two singles matches Friday to set tone for qualifier challenge against Brazil at UBC. Diallo is the big hope for Canada.
Winnipeg Free Press
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
Heide takes down giant Diallo, and Brazil draws a duel with Canada at Davis; video
The huge difference in ranking could suggest a quiet victory for Canadian Gabriel Diallo (39th in the world, 2.03m, 24 years old). But, in the early hours of this Saturday, in Vancouver, for the Davis Cup Qualifiers, the São Paulo native based in Rio de Janeiro Gustavo Heide (253rd in the world, aged 23) He played and served a lot from the start and defeated the favorite by 7/6 (4), 3/6 and 7/6 (3), in 2h42m, in his biggest triumph of the tourna…
Canada splits Davis Cup qualifier opening matches with Brazil
VANCOUVER — He expected a dogfight, but Gabriel Diallo didn’t think he would be the one bitten. The 24-year-old from Montreal, ranked 39th in the world, lost to No. 253-ranked Gustavo Heide 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-7 (3) as Canada split its opening singles matches against Brazil in Friday’s first round of Davis Cup Qualifiers. In the evening’s first match, Liam Draxl of Newmarket, Ont., ranked 145th, defeated 207th-ranked Lucas Reis da Silva, 6-3, 6-3 in…
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