Milos Raoni beats Swiss Maestro Roger Federer in Grand Slam Tennis

Canada's Milos Raoni. AFP

Earlier on Friday, Milos Raoni became the 1st Canadian to ever reach the Final of a Grand Slam Tennis Tournament after beating Swiss Maestro ROGER Federer.

In a thrilling and exhausting five-set thriller at Wimbledon on Friday. The seven-time winner, Roger Federer, who had never lost in 10 previous semi-final clashes at SW19, held a comprehensive head-to-head advantage ahead of a dramatic thriller on Centre Court, but ultimately could not keep-up the Pace and threw away his 2-1 lead to suffer a 3-2 defeat against the Canadian.

Big-serving Raonic, who lost to the same opponent at this stage 2 years ago, started in Extremely Confident Fashion and took the first set 6-3.

Raonic kept up the fight until a 5-all tie in the second set, but ultimately lost the set 7-6. In the third, Federer used his immense experience to claim the set 6-4. In the fourth, Raonic battled hard take the set 7-5 before wrapping up a 3-2 win by taking the fifth 6-3, to register his name as the first Canadian ever to reach a Grand Slam tennis final.
 


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