A season resumes, but a former Top 3 leaves. Canadian Milos Raonic, finalist at Wimbledon in 2016, announced Monday that he was retiring after a career with eight ATP titles won during the Big3 Federer-Nadal-Djokovic era.
“It’s a moment that has to come one day, you know it but surprisingly you’re never ready for it. I am as ready for it as I will ever be,” the 35-year-old tennis player commented on social media, calling himself “the luckiest man who was able to live and accomplish his dreams.”
Born in Podgorica (Montenegro), Raonic became the first Canadian to play in a Grand Slam final, but he has not appeared in competition for a year and a half and his defeat in the first round of the Paris Olympic Games on the clay court of Roland-Garros.
Glory in 2016
A big server, the former world number 3 had his moment of glory in 2016 when he beat Roger Federer in the semi-finals at Wimbledon before losing in the final against Andy Murray. That same year, he made the semi-finals at the Australian Open and the year-end Masters, finishing the season ranked 3rd in the world.
While his service allowed him to quickly stand out on the circuit, the second part of his career was marked by numerous injuries. Raonic took a two-year break between 2021 and 2023 before returning to the courts occasionally.
