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Milos Raonic vs Andy Murray: Wimbledon final highlights, scores, result

10th July, 2016
Start time: 11pm (AEST)
Court: Centre court
TV: Live, Network Seven
Betting: Murray $1.25, Raonic $4.00
Overall Record: Played 11, Murray 7, Raonic 4
Last meeting: Final, AEGON Championships - Murray defeat Raonic 6-7, 6-4, 6-3

Milos Raonic last 10 matches: won 9, lost 1
Andy Murray last 10 matches: won 10, lost 0
Andy Murray. (Photo: AAP)
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Match result:

Andy Murray has won his second Wimbledon Championships with a hard-fought straight sets victory over Milos Raonic that took nearly three hours.

Despite Murray always looking like he was on top of the match, the Canadian sixth seed just refused to go away, forcing the second and third sets to tie-breakers.

In his first grand slam final, it was a statement from Raonic that he would be back even if he suffered badly in the tie-breakers losing his way on serve and not being able to answer the remarkable defence of Murray.

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It was this defence from the Scot that was the ultimate difference in the game. Every time he looked to be out, or like there was half a chance he was going to get broken – which happened during most of his service games in the third set he would find a way to bounce back and win the game.

When Murray got his first serve in though, his defence and incredible movement around the court – which seemed to be at an all time high for him meant he won nearly 90 per cent of points

Compare that to Raonic who wasn’t able to reach 70 per cent in that category and it becomes clear where the difference was between the two players.

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Aces were also a big issue for Raonic – with his big serve he has been averaging plenty but only managed to strike up eight throughout the three sets this evening. Murray’s returning ability was almost scary, as was his ability to go after and attack what was at times still a monster second serve.

Raonic tried to control the match through his ability to come to the net and win points off the volley. He would win well and truly over 50 per cent, but as answer to the defence of Murray it didn’t really work out as he came up 74 times during the match.

After the first set where Murray ran away in the back end to take it 6-4 it was questionable whether Raonic would be able to come back, but he did well staving off a few break points and not being put too far behind.

If he had of performed in the tie-breaks this match could have gone in a completely different direction.

Nonetheless, Murray is a deserved winner of his second Wimbledon and third grand slam title.

Final score:
Milos Raonic 4 6 6
Andy Murray 6 7 7

Match preview:

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Canadian Milos Raonic will look to capitalise on some good form and win his first ever grand slam against home crowd and tournament favourite Andy Murray in the Wimbledon men’s singles final. Join The Roar for live scores and updates from 11pm (AEST).

It’s a case of absolute aggression vs one of the best defensive games in tennis and it sets up the final as a battle of the opposites.

Raonic will try and blast Murray off the court with a big serve, some strong volleying and a monster groundstroke game, while Murray will be patient, play from behind the baseline and use his excellent court movement to try and give Raonic a working over.

This being Raonic’s first grand slam final, there will be plenty of nerves early on, and Murray must try and capitalise on this – if he hands Raonic the first set it will make things incredibly tough against the power game and a bit of confidence.

The Canadian has had some tough matches during the Championships. After breezing through the first three rounds in straight sets he lost the first two sets to David Goffin, winning in five and then was taken to four against Sam Querrey.

In the semi-finals he would take on Roger Federer, and it was a stirring win for the Canadian. He had to fight against a lot of errors and double faults which cruelled his game – something he won’t be able to afford tonight – but would end up winning in five sets.

Murray, on the other hand, has just about breezed through the tournament. He has won every match apart from the quarter-finals in straight sets when he was taken to five sets by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

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However, his semi-final match against Tomas Berdych, which he won 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 was not as dominant as he would have liked.

It seemed like every time Berdych took the fight to Murray with any sort of aggression, he was tentative behind the baseline, and struggled to capitalise on points.

With Raonic only taking the power game to the next level this could be amplified here.

The pair have met 11 times previously with Murray controlling the ledger 7-4. They have already met three times this year, with Murray winning all three including a five-set semi-final at the Australian Open and a recent match on grass.

Raonic’s last against Murray came in 2014.

Prediction
I’ve just got a funny feeling about this – Murray might have won in straight sets against Berdych, but there was enough to say he will struggle with Raonic’s power game. If the Canadian gets his serve right he could cause a major upset here.

Raonic in five sets.

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