Milos Raonic beats Dominic Thiem to move into ATP World Tour semi-finals and potential Wimbledon rematch with Andy Murray
Fourth seed is first Canadian to ever reach ATP World Tour Finals at O2 and could face the world No 1 Murray, who beat him in the Wimbledon final
MILOS RAONIC set up a possible rematch with his Wimbledon final conqueror Andy Murray after beating Dominic Thiem in an O2 shootout.
The fourth seed could meet Murray in the last four of the ATP World Tour Finals, depending on results in the Brit's round-robin group on Friday.
Raonic joined Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals after the Serb earned his third straight win, a 6-1 6-2 thumping of David Goffin.
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Raonic, 25, saw his big-serving dismantled by a near-perfect Murray display in July when the Scot landed his second SW19 crown.
Murray has won his opening two matches at the O2 Arena, and a win against Stan Wawrinka on Friday afternoon will guarantee top spot in his group and a semi-final meeting with the Canadian.
And after deservedly sneaking a tight first set against Austrian outsider Thiem he broke at he start of the second set to win 7-6 (7/5) 6-3.
Raonic had American legend John McEnroe in his corner, just like at Wimbledon.
And he said of his victory: "I got fortunate at the end of the first set to hit three aces.
That helped me out. I stuck with my weapons and I was fortunate to get through. It was a great match for me. It wasn't a round-robin match, it was a quarter-final."
McEnroe's presence alongside Riccardo Piatti and Carlos Moya took Raonic's coaching contingent back up to three.
Raonic joked: "If the other two aren't right, hopefully one will be."
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