Edmund said his body had \u201cfinally reached the end point\u201d after struggling with a series of injuries, as well as three knee surgeries, that blighted the end of his career. <\/p>\n
The Yorkshireman became just the second British player after Andy Murray<\/a> since 1978 to reach the Australian Open semi-finals when he did so in 2018<\/a>, where he lost to Marin Cilic in straight sets having defeated the No 3 seed Grigor Dimitrov in the quarter-finals. <\/p>\n The result was his best at a grand slam tournament, but Edmund was also part of the Great Britain team that won the Davis Cup in 2015 and represented his country at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. <\/p>\n After succeeding an injury-hit Murray to become British No 1 and reach 14th in the world rankings in 2018, Edmund started to struggle with his chronic knee problem and he underwent the first of his three surgeries in 2020. It sidelined Edmund for almost two years and signalled the end of his time at the top. <\/p>\n \u201cThe last five years have taken a toll with three surgeries and other injuries such as wrist, ab, hip and foot in trying to get better, my body is telling me its finally reached the end point,\u201d Edmund said upon announcing his retirement. <\/p>\n \u201cLooking back I can say I tried my absolute best in my career and my hardest to get back to where I was. There are no regrets whatsoever. <\/p>\n \u201cI have always been quite a determined person and I have no doubt I\u2019ll apply those principles that I learned in my tennis career to whatever I do next and something I\u2019m very excited about.\u201d<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Kyle Edmund joins Andy Murray, Jamie Murray, James Ward and captain Leon Smith as Great Britain celebrate winning the Davis Cup (Getty Images)<\/p>\n Edmund won two ATP Tour singles titles, winning tournaments in Antwerp in 2018 and the 2020 New York Open. <\/p>\n![\"Kyle](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-499164322.jpeg\")
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