Milos Raonic looks to retool after loss to Andy Murray in Wimbledon final

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Milos Raonic didn't waste much time agonizing over his loss in the Wimbledon final, or marvelling at getting that far.Within a couple of hours of losing to Andy Murray 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2) on Sunday, Raonic was already figuring out what went wrong and where he needed to improve.

"I'm going to try to find every solution to every issue I may have, things I need to improve, things that I've got to get better at on a day-to-day basis," he said before rhyming off a list of things to do. "That's what keeps me the most motivated."

And as for the experience of playing for one of the most prestigious titles in tennis, Raonic shrugged.

"I don't think the moment ever really caught on," he said flatly. "I think I just, maybe in a mundane way, just sort of looked at it as another match."

Raonic went into the match brimming with confidence, having pushed Murray to the limit before losing in three sets at the Queen's Club final last month in London and vowing to meet his British rival again in the Wimbledon final. After topping Roger Federer in the semi-final on Friday, Raonic said he was determined not to be "sucked into Andy's game" on Sunday.

But Murray has been playing with remarkable consistency this year and for the first time he entered a Grand Slam final as the favourite. Wimbledon was his fifth successive final, including the French Open where he lost to Novak Djokovic. "The last few months have been some of the best in my career, for sure," Murray said after the match, crediting more confidence and the return of Ivan Lendl to his coaching team.

It showed on Sunday as Murray broke Raonic's serve early in the first set and then cruised to take it 6-4. The next two sets ended in tiebreakers and Murray dominated both, winning the first 7-3 and the second 7-2.

Murray's strength has always been his ability to return serves, and he nullified Raonic's blistering drives. The Canadian led the tournament in aces going into the match with 137, but he managed only eight against Murray, who had seven.

Murray even handled one Raonic serve that travelled at 147 miles an hour, the second-fastest in Wimbledon history. Compounding matters for Raonic were 29 unforced errors, compared with 12 for Murray, and never breaking Murray's serve.

"He moves incredibly well, he returns well," Raonic acknowledged afterward. "Those are his two biggest strengths."

For Murray, the win was something to savour, more than his first Wimbledon championship in 2013 when he became the first British male to win the title in more than 70 years.

"I feel happier this time. I feel more content this time," Murray said. "I feel this was sort of more for myself, more than anything. … Last time it was just pure relief and I didn't really enjoy the moment as much. I'm going to make sure I enjoy this one."

Canada did have a title to celebrate. Toronto's Denis Shapovalov, 17, won the boy's singles, becoming only the second Canadian to win a junior boy's Grand Slam. He beat Alex De Minaur of Australia 4-6, 6-1, 6-3. Shapovalov also made the finals in doubles, with Montreal's Félix Auger-Aliassime, but they lost to Kenneth Raisma of Estonia and Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. Shapovalov ran his winning on grass to 12-0 in singles this year.

Shapovalov called his parents in Toronto after the match. "I couldn't see but it sounded like they had tears in their eyes," he said.

While most of the top young players train at the Tennis Canada training centre in Montreal, Shapovalov works out in Toronto at a tennis club run by his mother, Tessa. But he is still part of the Tennis Canada program and receives substantial support.

The success of Canadian juniors at Wimbledon, including Benjamin Sigouin, who made the semi-finals in boy's doubles, was "massive," he added.

"Canadian tennis is moving forward a lot," he said. "Hopefully it doesn't stop here. Hopefully even the next generation, they start seeing that's it's possible."

And watching Raonic make his historic run this year at Wimbledon has also been inspiring, he added. "For sure it brings hope into my eyes. And I hope to be like him one day."