Seven-time champion Federer turned his left ankle and jarred his left knee in the fourth game of the final set of his 6-3, 6-7 (3/7), 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 loss.
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The 2013 Wimbledon victor, 29, said: “Someone said to me recently, “You’ve been in so many Slam finals but you’ve only won two” – but all I can do is keep getting in position to win them again”.
That includes a pair this year: the Australian Open in January, and the French Open in June, both against Djokovic.
Had Federer made Sunday’s final he would have been the oldest finalist since 39-year-old Ken Rosewall finished runner-up to Jimmy Connors in 1974.
It will be a ideal opportunity for defending champion Serena to take revenge for her Australian Open loss by beating Kerber in her ninth Wimbledon final.
That break put Raonic in firm control, and he stayed on top the rest of the set and served out the match at love.
Raonic at the bottom is serving for the first set up 5-3, but the 17-time Grand slam victor is able to prolong the frame with a nice passing shot.
It will be the 10th meeting between the two players, with Murray leading 6-3.
But there was Federer, seeded third, rallying from a two-sets-to-none deficit in the quarterfinals against Marin Cilic.
Andy Murray versus Milos Raonic in the Wimbledon men’s final on Sunday (9 a.m. ET on ESPN/WatchESPN) is hard to call as one of the game’s best defenders takes on a sensational server.
Perhaps it was the pressure of reaching the final, or the realization that he had beaten possibly the best of all time, that Raonic could only muster a gentle smile after winning the last set.
Tomas Berdych’s Wimbledon run might be over, but he believes it has ended to the eventual victor, Andy Murray.
However, this time around the second-seeded Murray is listed as a large -400 favorite (bet $400 to win $100) to win against sixth-seeded Canadian Milos Raonic at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark. Raonic won the first set 6-3 on Centre Court, and Federer took the next two 7-6 (3), 6-4.
Murray leads Raonic 6-3 in their head to head record and the Scot will start favourite on Sunday.
Roger Federer and Milos Raonic are heading to a tiebreaker in the second set of the Wimbledon semifinals.
Murray is looking for his second Wimbledon title, while Raonic is playing for his first. “We played a few times this year”.
Murray is convinced reuniting with Ivan Lendl, with whom he won his previous majors, has been crucial to giving him a crack at a hat-trick.
But Djokovic showed rare signs of vulnerability in his shock Wimbledon third round loss against Sam Querrey and Murray believes he has an opportunity to establish himself as the sport’s preeminent force at a time when Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have struggled with injuries and inconsistent form.
Three years after becoming the first British man for 77 years to win the Wimbledon singles title, Andy Murray will have another shot at home glory tomorrow. In reaching his 11th Slam final, Murray passed Perry’s British record of 10 following the abolition of Wimbledon’s Challenge Round in 1922.
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The 25-year-old Raonic became the first Canadian man in history to advance to the final of a Grand Slam tournament.
