Former Wimbledon finalist Milos Raonic mentioned he has been the “luckiest individual” to dwell 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 received eight tour-level titles, achieved a career-high world rating of three that very same 12 months, 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 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 identified for his highly effective serve, which earned him the nickname ‘Missile’, Raonic performed his final match on the 2024 Olympics, shedding within the first spherical to Germany’s Dominik Koepfer.
“I’ve been the luckiest individual to get to dwell out and fulfil my desires. I obtained to indicate up every single day and deal with simply getting higher, seeing the place that may take me, and enjoying a recreation I used to be launched to at eight-year-old by full luck,” he added.
“In some way, this turned my complete obsession and childhood, after which turned my career and life.”
Raonic was born in Titograd, Yugoslavia (now Podgorica, Montenegro) and moved to Canada when he was three years previous. He received 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 dwell, and I’m as motivated and hungry as I used to be in 2011, after I broke via on tour. I’ll put the identical effort and depth into the following factor,” he mentioned.
