LONDON – Milos Raonic will make history on Sunday becoming the first Canadian man to take part in a Grand Slam singles final. This is everything you need to know about his showdown with No. 2 seed Andy Murray. 

Raonic had one final practice session on Saturday to prepare for the biggest match of his life. Coaches Carlos Moya and John McEnroe were on hand to help prep. Fans flocked to Court 5 to get a glimpse of Raonic, who worked out for just over an hour. Here's what it looked like:

After the session, Moya, a former World No. 1, outlined the game plan for Sunday stressing the need for Raonic to put constant pressure on Murray's serve. 

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Most pundits are giving the edge to Murray in the final. He's got more experience – this will be his 11th major final – and will be playing in front of his home fans. But at least one prominent tennis journalist is picking Raonic to pull off the upset. Tennis Channel analyst and Sports Illustrated writer Jon Wertheim predicted Raonic would win before the tournament started and he sees no reason to change now. 

And while he may be biased, Raonic's Davis Cup teammate Daniel Nestor believes his countryman will win the Wimbledon crown if he can replicate his play from Friday's thrilling win over Roger Federer.  

"If he plays like he did in first and fifth sets (against Federer), not only will he be Wimbledon champion but also No. 1 in the world at this time next year," Nestor told the Canadian Press. 

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Eurosport analyst Greg Rusedski, who was a finalist at the 1997 US Open, said Raonic can't help but be affected by the spectacle of playing in his first major final. The Canadian-born Rusedski, who represented Britain most of his career, believes Raonic's inexperience on the big stage is one of many reasons why Murray is in good position to win. 

But Raonic doesn't believe he'll have much stage fright. After all, he got that out of his system in 2014 when he went down meekly against Federer in the Wimbledon semifinals in what was his debut on Centre Court at the All England Club. Those demons have been exorcised. 

"Obviously what happened here two years ago, I was very disappointed with. (Against Federer on Friday) I sort of persevered," Raonic said. "I was sort of plugging away. I was struggling through many parts of the match. He gave me a little opening towards the end of the fourth. I made the most of it. Then I sort of tried to run away with it. I did a lot of things well. The attitude kept me in the match. I think that's what made the biggest difference. I was quite vocal, but I was always positive. I was always looking for a solution."

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John McEnroe will be calling the championship match for ESPN. The network will be up front about the analyst's working relationship with Raonic, who has no problem with the arrangement. 

"Yeah, it doesn't really make a difference by any means," he said. "I remember when I played Jack (Sock) in the third round, John messaged me and said, 'Hey, they want me to call your match. Do you mind? If you need, I'll sort of request to call another match.' I said, 'I don't mind at all. Hopefully I will have to face the situation where you can't call any other match.' He's been a positive influence. I've dealt with that. That's the way it is. It's the terms we came to. From the beginning, we had a clear understanding."

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Raonic has spent two hours more on court than Murray in his first six matches here and his semifinal was way more intense going the full five sets. Meanwhile, Murray cruised past Tomas Berdych in straight sets. Raonic downplayed the significance of that.

"For me it's really about just keeping an internal focus on getting things done," he said. "I feel pretty good after. I know I'll feel much better in 48 hours or however long I have. I think you disregard that very quickly. It's a slam final. A lot of adrenaline, all this kind of stuff takes over and you keep fighting through."

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Murray has won five straight matches against Raonic, including the final at the Queen's Club just three weeks ago. In that match, Raonic was in control up a set and a break before Murray stormed back. 

"He does a lot of things well," Raonic said. "I think the biggest challenge for me, which I felt was the thing I want to happen the least, or repeat itself the least from Queen's, is I got sucked into his game. I didn't play on my terms. That's going to be the most important thing for me."

Murray wasn't about to get sucked into a conversation about Raonic's comment. 

"I don't know what that means. I don't know what I was doing to suck him into my style of play," he said with a smile. "I don't know. I generally don't know what it is I do. I go on the court with tactics and a game plan, obviously like all players do. Some are better at executing it than others. But you also have to be able to make adjustments out there when you're playing the match, which I had to in that Queen's final because I was obviously behind."

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Raonic's siblings, Momir and Jelena, arrived at Wimbledon on Saturday from Montenegro and will be on hand Sunday to support their younger brother. Raonic's parents, Dusan and Vesna, have been here since the start of the tournament and after his semifinal victory the 25-year-old paid tribute to his father and mother, both engineers, and the sacrifices they made to help him get to this point. 

"They've been the most significant role," Raonic said. "I think the thing I'm most grateful about is they've always, since day one, is they've told me they don't know anything about tennis. They've put me in the hands of people from a young age that they believed could help me and sort of stayed away from it. They have always driven me to tennis, they've picked me up from practice, all these kind of things. They tried to be the best they can.  But even to this day, they have not given me a piece of advice when it comes to my game."

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The winner of Sunday's match will receive £2,000,000 in prize money and be awarded 2,000 ATP Ranking points. A victory would see Raonic move up to No. 5 in the world, just one off his career high set last year. But more than the money and the ranking points, a victory would give Raonic more exposure than he's ever received. 

Raonic is the face of New Balance Tennis having signed a lifetime deal with the company. New Balance's general manager of tennis, Bruce Schilling, watched Friday's semifinal from Raonic's player box. Afterwards, he noted that a win against Murray will open all sorts of new doors for Raonic. 

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Raonic grew up idolizing Pete Sampras. During that time, there were no Canadian contenders on the ATP Tour. But on Sunday morning, back home in Canada, many kids will be tuning in and falling in love with a sport that has given Raonic so much. 

And it's worth noting that Raonic is not the only Canadian playing for a title at this year's Wimbledon. Seventeen-year-old Toronto resident Denis Shapovalov is in the junior boy's final and will team up with 15-year-old Montreal native Felix Auger-Aliassime in the junior doubles final. 

"It's a pretty special feeling for myself," Raonic said. "But I think it's a pretty special recognition to the state of Canadian tennis. It's not just me. There's many people doing well on this stage, the junior stages. There's a lot to look forward to. There's a lot of prospect. There's a lot of hope. There's a lot of positive future in Canadian tennis. It's great to sort of be at the centre and front of that come Sunday. I'm glad that I've sort of been leading this charge, the first one to break through and really put these things together. 

"But, I'm by no means done."