British tennis star Kyle Edmund has officially called time on his glittering career. A former British No. 1, Edmund enjoyed a breakthrough season in 2018 when he reached the Australian Open semi-final and later broke into the world's top 15. But injuries derailed his career, and Edmund has spent the last few years mainly competing on the ITF circuit.

The 30-year-old has now announced his retirement in an emotional video. "It just felt right," he told the LTA, admitting that he decided to retire because he failed to achieve his comeback goals after undergoing three surgeries from 2020 to 2021.

“The 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 it’s finally reached the end point,” Edmund told the camera.

“Looking 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.

“I have always been quite a determined person and I have no doubt I’ll apply those principles that I learned in my tennis career to whatever I do next and something I’m very excited about.”

Edmund started his career-best 2018 season by reaching his only Grand Slam semi-final in Australia, upsetting No. 11 seed Kevin Anderson and No. 10 seed Grigor Dimitrov en route. He lost to former US Open champion Marin Cilic.

He followed it up by reaching his first tour-level final in Marrakesh in March. A few weeks later, Edmund upset Novak Djokovic at the Madrid Open on his way to a maiden Masters 1000 quarter-final.

The Brit capped off the year by winning his first ATP Tour title in Antwerp, beating Gael Monfils in the final, and reaching a career-high ranking of No. 14.

After losing in the second round of the Vienna Open a few days later, he shut down his season, skipping the Paris Masters with a knee injury.

The knee issue continued to haunt Edmund, and he struggled to rediscover his best form over the next couple of years. The 30-year-old picked up his second tour-level title at the New York Open in 2020, but soon shut down his season to have his first of three knee surgeries.

Edmund returned to competition in mid-2022, entering Wimbledon mixed doubles with Olivia Nicholls and losing in the first round. He struggled to find consistency and dropped to the ITF circuit once his protected ranking ran out.

The former No. 14 reached the final of the Nottingham 2 Challenger earlier this summer, losing to countryman Jack Pinnington Jones.

Reflecting on his career as he announced his retirement on Monday, Edmund added: “Of course there are certain moments that stick out, whether it was winning the junior Davis Cup in 2011, the junior Grand Slam doubles victories and making my Davis Cup debut when we won the final in 2015.

“I look back at that very fondly now, and the runs to the semi-finals in 2016 and 19, it was always an immense privilege to represent my country, including being an Olympian. The Australian Open semi-final and my two ATP Tour victories in Antwerp and at the New York Open were also very special.”

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