Now 34 years old, Milos Raonic was not spared from injuries in his career. The Canadian, led to the top 400, was the guest of Tennis Channel in recent hours.
The former 3rd world player gave an interview to the media and was questioned about his journey in Wimbledon in 2016, a tournament in which he reached his only Grand Slam final, losing in three rounds against Andy Murray (6-4, 7-6, 7-6).
Before that, he had eliminated Pablo Carreño Busta (7-6, 6-2, 6-4), Andreas Seppi (7-6, 6-4, 6-2), Jack Sock (7-6, 6-4, 7-6), David Goffin (4-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4), Sam Querrey (6-4, 7-5, 5-4) Roger Federer (6-3, 6-7, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3) to invite himself to the final in London.
“I played against Roger (Federer) and Andy (Murray), and I would say that Andy is as much the darling of the public as Roger can be in Wimbledon. These are sports icons, players that I have always admired and that I was inspired by.
Whenever I was in the gym or in the locker room, I looked at them and I was trying to reproduce what they were doing because they were the ones who pushed the limits.
They are the ones who give the best of themselves, but who also force all the other players to surpass themselves. I could not get the most out of all aspects of my game, but I know that after these two weeks, I became a better player.
This route motivated me and gave me the energy and spark necessary to go through more difficult moments and try to take advantage of the circuit more and more, “he said in recent hours.
