REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE – Milos Raonic in the course of the Fourth spherical recreation on the 2020 Australian Open.
Canadian Milos Raonic, the 2016 Wimbledon runner-up, on Monday received his first match on tour after a near-two yr damage absence within the opening spherical at ‘s-Hertogenbosch .
The 32-year-old beat Thirty ninth-ranked Miomir Kecmanovic 6-3, 6-4 as he returned to competitors for the primary time since July 2021.
Raonic, a former world quantity three, suffered a listing of accidents that derailed his profession. He hadn’t received a match because the third spherical of the Miami Masters in March 2021.
The massive-serving Raonic will hope so as to add to his tally of 4 Wimbledon quarter-finals subsequent month. He faces Jordan Thompson or Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard within the second spherical within the Netherlands.
Daniil Medvedev is the match’s high seed. The Russian misplaced in final yr’s last without warning residence winner Tim van Rijthoven.