Milos Raoni beats Swiss Maestro Roger Federer in Grand Slam Tennis
Andy Murray is back in the Wimbledon final for the third time.
Raonic lost to Murray in the final of Queen’s having been a set and a break up.
“It’s no secret that Murray from the beginning of the event has been playing better than anyone”, McEnroe told the BBC.
He’s the youngest Wimbledon finalist since Murray reached the title match in 2012 at the same age. Williams is on her way to fulfill her long-standing quest of equaling Steffi Graf’s record of 22 Grand Slam titles.
Constantly moving the 10th seed from side to side, he began to draw errors, an errant Berdych forehand giving Murray a 5-3 lead before an ace clinched the set.
Strengths: Raonic’s serve will always be his biggest strength.
Murray insists being the favourite will have no impact on his preparation against an opponent he has beaten in their last five encounters, including on grass just a few weeks ago in the final at Queen’s Club. He will next face either second-seeded Andy Murray or Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic for the prestigious title. He had 5 aces to 3 from Raonic, as well as getting the only break point during the fifty-one minute fourth set. He then served out the set. Raonic made the semifinal earlier this season at the Australian Open, Murray knocked him out of that tournament.
Milos Raonic is the first Canadian to ever make the men’s final at a grand slam tournament, but he finds himself sitting as a big underdog on the betting lines at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com for his Wimbledon clash with the favoured Andy Murray on Sunday. I was struggling through many parts of the match.
When he returned – without taking a medical timeout – Federer immediately saved a break point but he was broken later in the game and couldn’t recover.
Federer missed the French Open this year because of a back injury.
Milos Raonic on his way to victory over Roger Federer.
While serving at 2-1 down in the fifth set, Federer lost his footing on a deuce point and fell onto his stomach on the turf while trying to reach a passing shot.
The 17-time Grand Slam champion has had a tough time recently.
Raonic wins the first game of a set in the third set, as the pair goes on to split the first six games for a 3-3 tie.
Raonic won the first set 6-3, and Federer took the second 7-6 (3).
Raonic’s last win against Murray came in the Indian Wells Masters in 2014. Roger Federer was able to finally out serve Raonic during the fourth frame.
“Obviously it’s the first time I’ll play a slam final against someone that isn’t Roger or Novak”.
He wrapped things up after only an hour and 58 minutes to post his 51st win at the All England Club, one more than five-time champion Bjorn Borg, who was watching from the Royal Box.
Third-seeded Federer will be up first on Centre Court, facing No. 6 Milos Raonic.
Federer, bidding for a record eighth title, has never lost a Wimbledon semifinal.
All 10 of Murray’s previous grand slam finals were against either Djokovic or Federer, which explains why the 29-year-old Scot has endured more than his fair share of pain and still only has two majors to his name. Berdych was runner-up here in 2010 to Rafael Nadal.