Wimbledon 2016 - How Murray beat Raonic: Key moments and key factors which swept Murray to victory

The set got off to a cagey start, but the key early moment came at 2-2 as Raonic earned two break points on Murray's serve at 15-40.

The Scot, under threat for the first time, produced a string of near-unplayable serves that Raonic simply couldn't come to terms with.

When Murray eventually held, he punched the air and roared in such aggressive joy that you'd think he had won the title.

And with good reason: effectively he had, with Murray never again looking in danger, and even when the set proceeded to a tie-break there was little drama. Murray's amazing tennis simply blew his opponent away, and the Scot was champion once more.

Milos Raonic got into the match in the second set, defending well and saving four break points against his serve.

Those efforts got him into a tie-break, but the Scot was just far too good for the Canadian, first racing into a 3-0 lead and then earning himself five set points at 6-1.

Raonic saved the first two of those with two huge serves, but he then put a Murray second serve in the net to allow the Scot to go 6-4 7-6(3) ahead.

Andy Murray took the opening set of the Wimbledon men's final 6-4 against Milos Raonic.

Murray got off to a good start and looked comfortable under blue skies at Wimbledon as the match got under way.

And the break eventually came in the seventh game as the second seed took control of the match.

Murray almost broke again at 5-3 ahead, but failed to clinch the chance - but he then served out the set to take first blood in the final.

Raonic slammed down a serve at 147mph on Sunday, the fastest in this year's tournament, but his most destructive weapon never intimidated Murray. While Raonic dropped serve just once, he won only 67 percent of points on his first serve, compared to his average of 83 percent en route to the final. Murray only failed to return 26 percent of Raonic's serves, meaning the Canadian had to work far harder than usual to hold serve.

Murray's first serve percentage was running at 70 percent for most of the match, dipping slightly to 67 percent by the end. Significantly the Scot won 87 percent of points on his first serve and 54 percent on the second serve -- the one area of perceived weakness in his game. Raonic was never able to apply any real pressure to the Murray serve, earning only two break points midway through the third set.

The pre-match thinking was that Raonic's best hope was to keep the points short by being aggressive. But Murray actually won more of the rallies of four shots or less than Raonic.

Too often it was Raonic who was made to do the running as the statistics show. Murray covered 2,367 metres in the final, compared to the 2,430 metres Raonic ran. Murray gave nothing away either, making only 12 unforced errors to Raonic's 29.

While Raonic has definitely improved his game at the net, there is still room for improvement if he is to really worry the likes of Murray and world number one Novak Djokovic. Of the 74 net points he played on Sunday, he won 46. Not a bad return, but not the kind of lethal volleying that could have swung the match. It let him down in the seventh game when he netted a forehand volley on break point -- handing Murray the momentum.