Former Wimbledon finalist Milos Raonic mentioned he has been the “luckiest particular person” to reside out his desires as he introduced his retirement from tennis.
The 35-year-old Canadian beat Roger Federer to succeed in the Wimbledon showpiece in 2016, the place he fell to a straight-set defeat by Nice Britain’s Andy Murray.
Raonic, who gained eight tour-level titles, achieved a career-high world rating of three that very same yr, having additionally reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open.
“The time has come, I’m retiring from tennis,” Raonic posted on social media on Sunday.
“It is a second you understand will come at some point, however by some means you by no means really feel prepared for it. That is as prepared as I’ll ever be.
“Tennis has been my love and obsession for many of my life.”
Finest recognized for his highly effective serve, which earned him the nickname ‘Missile’, Raonic performed his final match on the 2024 Olympics, dropping within the first spherical to Germany’s Dominik Koepfer.
“I’ve been the luckiest particular person to get to reside out and fulfil my desires. I bought to point out up daily and concentrate on simply getting higher, seeing the place that can take me, and taking part in a sport I used to be launched to at eight-year-old by full luck,” he added.
“One way or the other, this turned my total obsession and childhood, after which turned my occupation and life.”
Raonic was born in Titograd, Yugoslavia (now Podgorica, Montenegro) and moved to Canada when he was three years previous. He gained his first ATP title on the Pacific Coast Championships in 2011.
“What’s subsequent? I will not be slowing down. There’s a lot extra life to reside, and I’m as motivated and hungry as I used to be in 2011, after I broke by means of on tour. I’ll put the identical effort and depth into the subsequent factor,” he mentioned.
