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Andy Murray has progressed to the final after defeating Canadian Milos Raonic in five sets after a gruelling match.
Milos Raonic opened strongly with an impressive forehand leading him to stun Andy Murray in the first set 6-4.
Murray then found his groove creating an even playing field and taking the second set 7-5.
The third set was much the same to the previous with both Murray and Raonic holding serve until the tiebreaker where Raonic went through to win 7-4 and win the third set.
Murray and Raonic continued to hold serve in the fourth until the former began to find dominance in his forehand despite a scare.
The world no. 2 raced away in the fifth set after Milos Raonic found himself struggling with an upper thigh injury. Murray breezed through to win in five sets after four hours of action.
The 2015 Davis Cup winner sets up a rematch with Novak Djokovic on Sunday night in the final.
Final score
Andy Murray defeated Milos Raonic 4-6, 7-5, 6-7, 6-4, 6-2
Andy Murray and Milos Raonic will face off to determine who will take on Novak Djokovic in the final of the Australian Open. Can Raonic pull off a huge upset or will Murray set up a rematch of last year’s final? Join The Roar from around 7:30pm (AEDT) for live scores and coverage.
13th seed Milos Raonic is the first Canadian to reach the semi-finals of the men’s draw at the Australian Open and will be hoping to capitalise on that with a win that will see him go through to the final against Novak Djokovic.
He has currently won nine of his last ten matches and is undefeated for 2016 after he stunned Roger Federer and Bernard Tomic at the Brisbane International defeating the pair in straight sets during the final 6-4, 6-4 and semi-final 7-6, 7-6 respectively.
Raonic has had a brilliant campaign at Melbourne Park with the big server earning early wins in straight sets over Lucas Pouille 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 during the first round, Spaniard Tommy Robredo 7-6, 7-6, 7-5 during the second round and accounted for 21st seed Viktor Troicki in the fourth round 6-2, 6-3, 6-4.
The Montenegro-born world No.14 was then the aggressor of a massive upset sending 2014 champion, world No.4 Stan Wawrinka out of the Australian Open in five sets 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-3 before he also knocked out French 23rd seed Gael Monfils during the quarter-finals 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
The powerful Canadian faces a massive challenge coming up against world No.2 Andy Murray with Raonic the outsider in the match.
Murray goes into the match having won eight of his last ten matches, his only losses coming at last year’s ATP World Tour Finals where he fell at the hands of both Rafael Nadal and Stan Wawrinka in straight sets during the round robin stage.
The second seed began his campaign at Melbourne Park with a straight sets win over German teenager Alexander Zverev 6-1, 6-2, 6-3 during the first round before knocking out fast serving Australian Sam Groth 6-0, 6-4, 6-1.
Murray was then pushed to four sets against Joao Sousa in the third round 6-2, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 and then sent Australian world No.17 Bernard Tomic packing with another straight sets win in the fourth round 6-4, 6-4, 7-6.
The 2015 Davis Cup winner faced a tough match against David Ferrer in the quarter-finals however, he weathered a barrage from the Spaniard going through to the semi-finals with a convincing four-set 6-3, 6-7, 6-2, 6-3.
The pair has played each other six times with Raonic and Murray both winning three matches.
The two seeds met just once last year with Murray prevailing in straight sets 6-4, 7-5 during the quarter-finals of the Madrid Masters in which he finished champion. They have played four matches on hard court with both having won two matches.
The winner will progress to the final against world No.1 Novak Djokovic.
Prediction
Milos Raonic’s powerful serve will see the Canadian hold on and progress to the final in a five-set thriller.
Raonic in five sets.
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