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Wimbledon 2016: Milos Raonic credits John McEnroe in Grand Slam breakthrough

Milos Raonic hailed the influence of coach John McEnroe after reaching his first Grand Slam final.

Having claimed the opening set, Raonic lost the next two to the 17-time major winner. But he made a strong recovery to for a 6-3, 6-7 (7), 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 victory. He is the first Canadian to reach a Grand Slam final.

Raonic's opponent: 2013 champion Andy Murray, who will be the crowd favorite as a Briton. Murray beat Tomas Berdych 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 to earn his third Wimbledon final.

"It's an incredible comeback from me really," Raonic said. "I was struggling through the third and fourth set.