Wawrinka is a former Australian open champion, winning it in 2014, and came back from two sets down to win the next two sets, but a shaky service game from Wawrinka allowed Raonic to open a 4-2 lead in the decider and he sealed victory at the net and narrowly lost out, joining other big names(like Nadal, Venus Williams and Caroline Wozniacki) who have left the Australian open at the early stages.......
it looks like Raonic has something over the swiss, RECALL THAT Raonic defeated Wawrinka's fellow Swiss Federer to win this month's Brisbane International and remains unbeaten for the year after sealing victory in three hours 44 minutes.
Wawrinka has been consistent for a while but was unable to avoid a Grand Slam exit before the quarter-finals for the first time since the 2014 French Open.
"Tough match in general," said Wawrinka. "I wasn't really feeling great, wasn't moving well. I fought as always but I'm surprised I made it five sets.
"I'm disappointed but I tried, I tried."
French 23rd seed Gael Monfils also booked his place in the quarters after a 7-5 3-6 6-3 7-6 (7-4) win over Russian Andrey Kuznetsov.
British number one, Andy Murray is also through to the last 8 of the Australian open despite the health scare of his father in law, which he has confessed would have made him to pull out of the Australian open had his health deteriorated.
Murray defeated Benard Tomic in straight sets winning 6-4 6-4 7-6 (7-4) and he is set to face Spainard David Ferrer in the quarter finals.
"It was a tough match - both of us had our chances in the tie-break," Murray said in his on-court interview. "He misses a few easy balls and that helped at the end.
"He made it pretty tough, but I was able to make a few more balls. It was quite scrappy, there wasn't a period in the match where we were playing at our best. It was a little bit up and down."
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