Gatorade? No. Juice? Uh-uh. Water? Nope.
For Vernon tennis pro Vasek Pospisil, a nice hearty between-games drink to replenish his fluids is good old Canadian maple syrup.
Straight outta the bottle.
Pospisil has become an Internet hit after he was caught swigging Canadian maple syrup right out of the bottle between games of the Open Sud de France ATP Tour 250 Series final Sunday in Montpellier.
He even touted the benefits of the syrup in a Twitter tweet:
Maple Syrup 馃崄:
鈥� Vasek Pospisil (@VasekPospisil) February 10, 2020
Best Sports performance drink.
Anti-cancerous properties.
Rich in nutrients & minerals.
Fights against terrorists.
Shockingly good in coffee.
A great friend.
You鈥檙e Welcome, World.
馃嚚馃嚘 pic.twitter.com/89Roh4R8dV
Fellow Canadian tennis star Bianca Andreescu re-tweeted Pospisil鈥檚 drink was one of 鈥渢he most Canadian things ever.鈥�
Doesn鈥檛 get more Canadian than that馃槀 congrats on reaching finals 馃檹馃徑 https://t.co/dDJ6xLMEdk
鈥� Bianca (@Bandreescu_) February 9, 2020
Pospisil continued his amazing comeback from back surgery by reaching his second ATP final, but still looking for his first win. Pospisil, ranked 132nd in the world, lost to ninth-ranked Frenchman Gael Monfils 7-5, 6-3 in the final. Monfils is 6-0 against Pospisil in his career and hasn鈥檛 lost a set to the Vernon product.
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To reach the final, Pospisil opened with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Aljaz Bedene, then defeated fellow Canadian Denis Shapovalov 6-2, 6-3 in the round of 16.
Pospisil advanced to the semifinal with a 6-1, 1-0 (retired) win over France鈥檚 Richard Gasquet, and qualified for the final with a 6-3, 1-6, 7-5 victory over Belgium鈥檚 David Goffin.
He had back surgery in January 2019 and returned to action at Wimbledon in July 鈥�19. Pospisil was playing in his first tour final since 2014. He also helped Canada reach its first Davis Cup final in 2019, losing to host Spain.
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