
Former grand-slam quarter-finalist, fan favourite and Roger Federer slayer John Millman has ruefully called an imminent end to his professional tennis career.
The 34-year-old revealed on Thursday night he was walking away after a 10th and final Australian Open campaign in January, saying "unfortunately age has caught up to me".
"Just the three (shoulder) surgeries. Chronic back injury was the thing that did me in, though," Millman told AAP, after posting on social media: "All good things come to an end.