Milos Raonic, a Montenegrin-Canadian tennis player, announced his retirement from professional tennis on Sunday at the age of 36, after nearly two decades in the sport during which he reached the world's top 3 in the ATP rankings in 2016. According to the Argentine News Agency, the native of the Montenegrin city of Podgorica posted a heartfelt message on social media to announce his retirement: "The time has come, I am retiring from tennis." "In some way, this became my obsession and my childhood, and then my profession and my life," Raonic added. Furthermore, Raonic thanked the fans, the coaches and teams he worked with, the ATP and Grand Slams, and Canada, the country that welcomed his family, which had fled the Yugoslav wars that led to Montenegro's independence. Raonic turned professional in 2008, and his peak in the sport came when he reached the third position in the ATP ranking on November 21, 2016. The Montenegrin played in only one Grand Slam final, at Wimbledon 2016, where he lost to the British player Andy Murray. "It's a moment you know will come one day, but for some reason you never feel ready. I was able to show up every day and focus on getting better, to see where that would take me, and to play a game I discovered by pure chance when I was 8 years old. I'm more prepared than ever," he stated. "Tennis has been my passion and my obsession for most of my life. I have been the most fortunate person to have been able to live and fulfill my dreams."
