Canada's Milos Raonic hits a forehand return to Serbia's Novak Djokovic during their fourth round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021.Raonic defeated Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic 6-3, 6-4 at the Libema Open for his first ATP Tour match victory in nearly two years.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Hamish Blair
‘S-HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands – Canada’s Milos Raonic defeated Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic 6-3, 6-4 at the Libema Open for his first ATP Tour match victory in nearly two years.
Raonic, from Thornhill, Ont., needed one hour 24 minutes to complete the first-round win.
The 32-year-old has missed time of late due to Achilles tendon and toe injuries.
Raonic’s last tour match was a three-set loss to American Brandon Nakashima in July 2021.
Raonic rose as high as No. 3 in the world rankings in 2016.
He reached the Wimbledon final that year, becoming the first Canadian in the modern era to reach a Grand Slam men’s singles final.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 12, 2023.
