Stanislas Wawrinka out of Australian Open after loss to Milos Raonic in five sets
Milos Raonic fended off a spirited comeback from the fourth seed Stanislas Wawrinka to send the 2014 champion tumbling out of the fourth round of the Australian Open 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-3 on Monday.
The 25-year-old Canadian, who had never beaten the French Open champion in four previous meetings, sent down 24 aces and hit 82 winners in the three-hour, 44-minute contest to reach the quarter-finals for the second year in a row.
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The Swiss Wawrinka fought back from losing the first two sets to force a decider but was unable to avoid exiting a grand slam before the quarter-finals for the first time since the 2014 French Open.
Raonic sealed the victory with a simple volley at the net to set up a quarter-final against France’s Gaël Monfils.