Milos out of final major

MILOS Raonic has become the latest top player to pull out of the US Open, saying he had a left wrist procedure.

The 11th-ranked Canadian, the runner-up at Wimbledon last year, announced his withdrawal yesterday.

Raonic joins Novak Djokovic, Stan Wawrinka and Kei Nishikori in missing the tournament with injuries.

Also sitting out the action at Flushing Meadows – 23-time major champion Serena Williams, who is pregnant, and two-time Australian Open winner Victoria Azarenka.