Milos Raonic withdraws from the 2022 Australian Open due to a heel injury
December 28, 2021
Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ontario has withdrawn from the 2022 Australian Open due to a heel injury according to the Toronto Sun on Saturday. Raonic becomes the second Canadian to withdraw from the 2022 Australian Open. He follows Bianca Andreescu, who withdrew for physical and mental health reasons, on December 6.
Despite reaching the finals of Wimbledon in 2016, you could argue that Raonic has had his most success among all four majors at the Australian Open. There he has a record of 34 wins and 11 losses, with a winning percentage of 76%, his highest winning percentage among the four grand slams. Raonic’s winning percentage at Wimbledon is 75%.
Raonic’s best result at the Australian Open came in 2016 where he lost to Andy Murray of Great Britain in five sets, 4-6, 7-5, 6-7, 6-4, 6-2. Raonic has also reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open four times, and the fourth round three times. In fact this will be the first Australian Open Raonic has missed since 2010. Among the notable players Raonic has beaten at the Australian Open include Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev, Stanislas Wawrinka, Marin Cilic, Roberto Bautista-Agut, Mikhail Youzhny, and Gael Monfils.
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Last year Raonic reached the fourth round of the Australian Open, but lost in four sets to the  eventual champion, Novak Djokovic of Serbia, 7-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. Raonic has not played since the ATP event in Atlanta this past July. There, Raonic was the number one seed, but was upset in the first round by American Brandon Nakashima, 5-7, 6-3, 7-6.
Over the last year, Raonic has also seen his ATP ranking drop dramatically. He is now at 70 in the world, and will drop significantly more with his Australian Open absence.
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