Injured Raonic hopes to return for Davis Cup tie

Despite having to withdraw from his second-round match at Wimbledon, Canadian Milos Raonic hopes to be back in time for next month's Davis Cup tie in Ecuador.

The 20-year-old from Thornhill, Ont., was forced to pull out in the first set Wednesday when he fell awkwardly while trying to retrieve a ball from Luxembourg's Gilles Muller.

Raonic called it quits soon after and went for scans at a local hospital.

"I strained some ligaments around my hip and we're doing some more tests just as a precautionary measure," he said Thursday. "I'm hopeful that I will be back practising in the very near future and looking forward to Davis Cup."

Canada is due to face Ecuador in a Davis Cup American Zone second-round tie July 8-10 in Guayaquil.

Raonic is also already looking forward to a return to Wimbledon.

"It was an unfortunate situation in [Wednesday's] match, but I'm looking forward to returning to Wimbledon in 2012," he said.