The 34-year-old squandered three break points in the set and slipped from 40-0 up on serve in the 12th game.With his coach John McEnroe commentating for British television, Raonic had to save two break points in the fifth game and another in the ninth of the fourth set.The Swiss soon went to another three set points and this time he pounced, levelling the match when a Raonic backhand stab drifted wide. Hopefully, it will be even bigger if I win on Sunday. And the effort took its toll on the 17-time major winner in the decider where he needed treatment on his right thigh and jarred his left knee and foot in a worrying fall.Raonic came out blasting from the start.“There was a 4 in 1 multifunction wrench little opening and I took it,” said Raonic. But the veteran wasn’t to be denied when Raonic left the door open again in the tiebreaker with his sixth double fault of the tie..”Federer had been in complete control of the semi-final until the tie turned suddenly and dramatically in the fourth set. “It’s a big impact for Canada.A breathtaking close-up rally at the net went in the Canadian’s favour and he broke for 3-1 in what proved to be the crucial breakthrough.

However, in a remarkable 12th game, Federer was pegged back from 40-0 after serving up back-to-back double faults and Raonic levelled on a third set point when the Swiss meekly teed-up an opportunity for the Canadian to pass him.Raonic, nine years his junior, pounced for a 3-1 lead while Federer had to save two more break points in the sixth game.The fatigued legend saved a break point at 1-2 in the decider but only after jarring his left foot and knee in an awkward fall.Canada’s Milos Raonic celebrates his 6-3, 6-7 (3/7), 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 win over Roger Federer of Switzerland in their men’s semi-final at the All England Lawn Tennis championship in London on Friday.The Canadian held his nerve and claimed victory when Federer went wide with a weary forehand which condemned the Swiss star to his first loss in a Wimbledon semi-final.His seventh ace of the contest sealed the set in the 10th game.Federer, whose last Grand Slam crown came at Wimbledon in 2012, had already required five sets to get past Marin Cilic in the quarter-finals, saving three match points in the process.Federer then required treatment on his right thigh in the changeover.

Raonic finished with 23 aces and 75 winners while Federer converted just one of nine break points. Federer squandered four set points in the 10th game of the second set, the last of which off a sloppy backhand.Sixth seed Raonic triumphed 6-3, 6-7 (3/7), 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 and goes on to face second seed Andy Murray, the 2013 champion, or 10th seed Czech Tomas BerdychIt was 25-year-old Raonic’s first win on grass against a top 10 opponent and shattered Federer’s hopes of going on to claim a record eighth All England Club crown and 18th major.Federer broke for the first time in the semi-final for a 4-3 lead in the third set as Raonic suffered a sudden loss of momentum. He carved out and converted the only break point of the first set for a 3-1 lead before unleashing the fastest serve of the tournament of 144mph in the fifth game. (Photo: AFP )Milos Raonic became the first Canadian man to reach a Grand Slam final at Wimbledon on Friday when he stunned punch drunk seven-time champion Roger Federer in a titanic five-set struggle