Summary

  • Novak Djokovic beats Milos Raonic 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-5)

  • Five-time winner Djokovic through to semi-finals

  • Serbian has won both his group matches

  • Raonic faces Dominic Thiem on Thursday for second semi-final place

  • Thiem beat Gael Monfils earlier in the group

  1. Raonic breakspublished at 21:59 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2016

    Djokovic 7-6 (8-6) 4-4 *Raonic

    Hold up. This is not done. 

    A few punters at the O2 might have to be fished back from the Jubilee Line platform.

    Novak Djokovic throws in a stinker of a game and the second set is back on serve.

  2. Postpublished at 21:55 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2016

    *Djokovic 7-6 (8-6) 4-3 Raonic

    Milos Raonic is swimming against the current here.

    He is having to fight hard just to keep his head above water in the second set.

    Novak Djokovic takes him to deuce-town before a clanking overhead finally gets Roanic over the line.

  3. Postpublished at 21:51 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2016

    Leon Smith
    Great Britain Davis Cup captain on Radio 5 live sports extra

    Raonic is really being tested here. His intensity has dipped in this game, he's not as sharp.

    RaonicImage source, AP
  4. Postpublished at 21:51 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2016

    Djokovic 7-6 (8-6) 4-2 *Raonic

    Novak Djokovic whips a game from beneath Milos Raonic while the man mountain is still getting his bearings.

    A hold to love.

  5. Postpublished at 21:49 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2016

    Leon Smith
    Great Britain Davis Cup captain on Radio 5 live sports extra

    That's such an interesting last few minutes. Raonic breaks, Djokovic is disgusted with himself and hits his racquet against his shoe, but regains his composure and plays a great game.

  6. Djokovic breakspublished at 21:46 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2016

    *Djokovic 7-6 (8-6) 3-2 Raonic

    There are diseases that are easier to eradicate than get Novak Djokovic out of a rally.

    The Serbian gets his fangs into a point and just won't be shaken off. Milos Raonic tries massive forehands, backhand slice, moving his man from left to right.

    But he is always asked to play just one more shot.

    And finally the Canadian nets at 15-40 down.

    The beginning of the end?

    Novak DjokovicImage source, Getty Images
  7. Postpublished at 21:44 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2016

    Leon Smith
    Great Britain Davis Cup captain on Radio 5 live sports extra

    That wasn't in the script, but it shows you the fighting qualities that Raonic has. He'd have been dejected after losing the first set and being broken at the start of this one.

    Look at the reaction of Djokovic - he belted his racquet against the soles of his shoes.

  8. Raonic breakspublished at 21:41 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2016

    Djokovic 7-6 (8-6) 2-2 *Raonic

    Novak Djokovic goes to the Milos Raonic backhand at 30-30 - but that wing is not the limp limb it used to be.

    Raonic redirects the world number two's power down the line and in for a clean winner. Novak Djokovic is left shaking his head.

    Djokovic with a kamikaze raid to the net on the break point that follows and this time fortune does not favour the brave.

    Raonic - under little pressure - lines up the forehand and slots it away.

    Level pegs in the second.

  9. Postpublished at 21:39 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2016

    Leon Smith
    Great Britain Davis Cup captain on Radio 5 live sports extra

    The rallies are starting to get longer but that won't worry Djokovic too much as he tends to come out on top more often than not when that happens.

    DjokovicImage source, Getty Images
  10. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 21:37 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2016

    #bbctennis

    John McEnerney: That short partnership with John Mc did Milos no harm at all, he's got a little swagger about him & he's taking it to Novak.

  11. Postpublished at 21:36 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2016

    *Djokovic 7-6 (8-6) 2-1 Raonic

    Milos Raonic rattles through a service hold to love. There is a dent in that scoreboard though that will take some repairing.

    The Canadian has missed four break points so far in this match. If he gets another, he needs to take it.

  12. Djokovic saves break point, holdspublished at 21:33 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2016

    Djokovic 7-6 (8-6) 2-0 *Raonic

    Milos Raonic finds a lovely jagging angle off his backhand to bring up 30-30.

    A deep forehand return right up to the baseline is too good for Novak Djokovic and Raonic has his fourth break point of the match.

    But once again Djokovic plucks a monster serve out of the quiver just when he needs it.

    The tighter the situation, the higher the quality and Djokovic makes good his escape once again.

    DjokovicImage source, Reuters
  13. Postpublished at 21:29 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2016

    Leon Smith
    Great Britain Davis Cup captain on Radio 5 live sports extra

    Raonic is good at controlling his emotions and he'll have to call on that now having suffered such a big disappointment in the tie-break, but it's a long way back for him, especially given his previous record against Djokovic.

    RaonicImage source, Reuters
  14. Djokovic breakspublished at 21:28 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2016

    *Djokovic 7-6 (8-6) 1-0 Raonic

    Milos Raonic took a long, leisurely bathroom break at the end of the first set. 

    Is that, along with the shoe-tying mid tie-break, all part of a campaign to show Djokovic that he is not here to be shoved around the O2?

    If so, it is not working.

    Djokovic feasts on his opponent's disappointment like a death-eater and a cracking second-service return - wide and fast - sees Roanic dump long at 30-40 down.

  15. Champion display from Djokovicpublished at 21:22 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2016

    Piers Newbery
    BBC Sport in London

    It's not always the case here but this one had a big-match feel to it from the outset, and has not disappointed so far. Huge cheers reverberated around the O2 Arena with every punch and counter-punch, Raonic's all-out attack winning plenty of support from the 17,000 watching.

    The Canadian could not have done much more, but after 64 minutes it went the way of 17 of his 18 previous sets against Djokovic. It could be just what the champion needed.

    CrowdImage source, Reuters
  16. Postpublished at 21:22 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2016

    *Djokovic 7-6 (8-6) Raonic

    Leon Smith
    Great Britain Davis Cup captain on Radio 5 live sports extra

    You have to give Djokovic credit for taking the set. Raonic probably had the edge throughout but Dkjokovic started to make inroads, mainly on the second serve, on Raonic's huge serve and started to believe in himself that little bit more.

  17. Game and first setpublished at 21:20 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2016

    Djokovic 7-6 (8-6) Raonic

    Double fault!

    Milos Raonic points to the sky, but the video replay cannot save him.

    Novak Djokovic, peeved by the time that Raonic took to do up his shoelace on a changeover in the tie-break, is already sat on his stool.

  18. Postpublished at 21:19 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2016

    Leon Smith
    Great Britain Davis Cup captain on Radio 5 live sports extra

    Djokovic has kept his emotions really well and he looks in a very good place, dealing well with the adversity and the pressure.

    DjokovicImage source, Getty Images
  19. Tie-breakpublished at 21:19 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2016

    Djokovic 6-6 (7-6) *Raonic

    Milos Raonic flogs a forehand wide off a second-serve return. He should have made something of that. As it is he is serving to stay in the match...

  20. Postpublished at 21:18 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2016

    Leon Smith
    Great Britain Davis Cup captain on Radio 5 live sports extra

    This match has really caught fire in this tie-break. It's been a great first set with ebbs and flows but this is the drama that the crowd has been wanting.