In a series of Twitter posts, Kevin Anderson, 35, announced he was retiring from the sport. “I can’t remember a time when I didn’t play tennis (…) Today I managed to make the difficult decision to retire from the world of professional tennis,” he said. -he writes in a long message accompanied by photos taken at different points in his career.
Currently ranked 107th in the world, the South African, a service specialist, was a double finalist at the 2017 US Open against Rafael Nadal, then at Wimbledon 2018 against Novak Djokovic.
The former world No. 5 also won seven ATP singles tournaments and managed to stay ranked in the Top 10 between early 2018 and summer 2019, before suffering multiple injuries and undergoing surgery.
The South African then never managed to get back to his best, tumbling in the Top 100 until last month before being knocked out in the second round of the Miami tournament by Argentinian Juan Manuel Cerundolo in three sets.