Youngster Raonic earns Paris Masters final date with Djokovic

But Raonic is full of confidence, after also qualifying for the World Tour Finals, and spoke after his 6-3 3-6 7-5 victory over Berdych in the semis.

“There was a lot of motivation from wanting to make London and I didn’t want to have any type of a letdown today,” he said. “I knew I’d made it last night and I didn’t want there to be any doubt in my mind about a letdown.

“So I put even more pressure on myself to make sure that the mental and physical energy was there, to really push myself, because I really wanted to win the match today.”

Djokovic, meanwhile, following his exciting but relatively straight-forward victory over Nishikori, who will be the first Japanese player to take part in the season-ending finals, added: “It was a great match. I haven’t dropped a set getting into the finals. I definitely feel fresh and motivated to play well tomorrow.

“I played well and concentrated on what I needed to do. I served exceptionally well in the important moments and it’s something that encourages me for tomorrow.”

On the Sunday final, the Serb continued: “I’ve been very impressed with Raonic. He’s one of the best servers in the game. He isn’t missing too many and his second serve is bouncing very high.

“He has very good movement for somebody of his height. He’s improved his baseline game and he’s a complete player now. He’s experiencing the best time of his career and he’s coming off back-to-back wins against Federer and Berdych and I’m sure he’s motivated to win tomorrow.

“Having said that he’s one of the best servers, one of the keys of the match tomorrow will be trying to get as many returns back in the court and make him play.”

Raonic is certainly a big hope for the future of the sport, and can be backed at 25/1 in 2015 to go two wins better than his run to the semis at Wimbledon this year, and 33/1 to win the Australian Open. Djokovic is favourite for both of those events, and priced at 13/8 for each.