Milos Raonic will face home hope Andy Murray in his maiden grand slam final after shattering Roger Federer's dreams of an eighth Wimbledon crown with a drama-charged five-set semi-final comeback win over the Swiss master.
Raonic fired down 23 aces - including the fastest serve of the championships - to blot Federer's perfect 10-from-10 semi-final record at the All England Club with a thrilling 6-3 6-7 (3-7) 4-6 7-5 6-3 triumph on Friday.
Murray had no such troubles in putting away Tomas Berych 6-3 6-3 6-3 in quick fashion to reach his third final - three years after ending Britain's 77-year men's singles title drought.
In denying Federer a 28th grand slam final appearance, 25-year-old Raonic advanced to his first - just a month after adding three-time Wimbledon champion John McEnroe to his coaching team.
Raonic's breakthrough is sweet redemption for a straight-sets loss to Federer at the same stage in 2014 and also a tough five-set semi-final defeat to Murray at this year's Australian Open.
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"It is an incredible comeback for me," Raonic said.
"I was struggling through the third and fourth set."
In an early statement, Raonic landed a 232kph bullet but, as coach McEnroe said, "this wasn't just about his serve".
"He showed a lot of heart," McEnroe said.
"He found another gear that I don't even know he knew he had."
Raonic admitted McEnroe had been a priceless addition to his entourage.
"He told me to go out there and leave it it all out there," he said.
"Mentally I had one of my best matches in my history, of my career, and I think that's what made the difference."
Raonic's only defeat in 11 matches since teaming with McEnroe came against Murray in last month's Queen's Club final.
The sixth seed will get a chance to atone on Sunday after Murray routed Berdych in no time to storm into his 11th grand slam final.
But this one - against the Canadian first-timer - will be Murray's first against an opponent not named Roger Federer or Novak Djokovic.
"I hope that's an advantage," Murray said.
"When I played my first one, it all came round really quickly for me.
"At the US Open that year, I played the semi-final over two days against Rafa (Nadal).
"Then (I) go straight into the final the following day. It just didn't feel like there was loads of time to sort of settle down and sort of prepare for it.
"I remember it went by fairly quickly."
While Murray, the 2013 champion, is hot favourite to become the first Brit since Fred Perry in the 1930s to win multiple Wimbledons, Raonic is eyeing history of his own.
The world No.7 is the first Canadian man ever to feature in a grand slam singles final.
"But I'm by no means done," he said.
