Milos Raonic will not be overawed by seven-times Wimbledon champion Roger Federer when the men take to Centre Court for today’s semi-final, the eighth seed said.

The 23-year-old Raonic powered past Nick Kyrgios 6-7(4) 6-2 6-4 7-6(4) in Wednesday’s battle of the big servers to become the first Canadian to reach Wimbledon’s last four since 1908.

Walking into uncharted territory, Raonic could be forgiven for fearing 17-times grand slam winner Federer, but he remained defiant at the prospect of facing the Swiss.

“I’m not playing the seven-times Wimbledon champion,” he said. “I’m not playing a 32-year-old man. I’m not playing the guy that’s won whatever he’s won.

“I’m playing a guy that is standing in the way of what I want to achieve, and I’ve got to focus on everything that’s there, on the situation, how best to deal with it.”

Raonic is one of two players outside the world’s top four to form the final quartet at Wimbledon.

He and Grigor Dimitrov are tipped to break the so-called Big Four’s domination.

“We’ve been doing better,” Raonic said. “It’s nice to see that sort of human side to those four guys when you have to step up to face them and have a belief that it’s yours for the taking if you play well.”