LONDON — Canada’s Milos Raonic is through to the Wimbledon quarter-finals after posting a 4-6, 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 win over Germany’s Alexander Zverev.
Raonic, seeded sixth at the All England Club, struggled against the 10th-seeded German early on and looked to be in trouble after falling behind two sets to one.
But a break to win the fourth set seemed to invigorate the Canadian, who steamrolled to victory with a dominant fifth set. He served to love in the deciding game, converting his first match point with his 23rd ace.
Raonic, a finalist last year at Wimbledon, will face Roger Federer in the quarter-finals. Federer, the third-ranked Swiss star, is looking to win a championship at Wimbledon for a record eighth time.
In mixed doubles second-round action, Toronto’s Daniel Nestor and Slovenian partner Andreja Klepac defeated India’s Purav Raja and Japan’s Eri Hozumi 6-2, 7-5. The 11th-seeded Nestor and Klepac next meet American Nicole Melichar and Germany’s Andre Begemann.