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"It's kind of crazy to think that I've done this since I was 2 or 3 years old and today is the last day I'll compete as a professional," Johnson said. "The tennis aspect, I'm still in love with.

He’s become part of the furniture every January at the Australian Open but Rod Laver won’t be attending the grand slam this year.