Milos Raonic will channel John McEnroe's bulldog spirit to make life as uncomfortable as possible for Andy Murray in a bid to deny the Scot's bid for history at Queen's.
Raonic revealed new coach John McEnroe has told him to dominate opponents, with the Canadian keen to assert his authority over Murray in Sunday's Aegon Championships final.
The 25-year-old believes the battle between Murray's mentor Ivan Lendl and McEnroe will not heavily colour the silverware tussle, but accepts the short time with his own super coach is already bearing fruit.
Murray is gunning for a record fifth Queen's title on Sunday after edging out Marin Cilic in three sets, while Raonic dismissed Bernard Tomic 6-4 6-4.
"He's definitely helped on the tactical side, how I play specific points, how to use the score a bit better," said Raonic of his partnership with McEnroe.
"But the biggest thing is how I can make the other guy feel. What I can do to make the other guy's current situation on court against me as difficult as possible.
"Not only looking at myself but also sometimes taking a glance to the other side of the net.
"It's about playing on my terms, keeping Andy off balance as much as possible and having him adjust to me more than I go about adjusting things for him."
Murray quickly dismissed coaches and old foes Lendl and McEnroe having any impact on Sunday's final, following his 6-3 4-6 6-3 victory over Croatian Cilic.
Raonic echoed the sentiment, before suggesting McEnroe believes Murray will profit from his second spell working with Lendl.
"It's a nice talking point for you guys, I don't think anyone else is going to discuss it too much in the locker room," said Raonic.
"I don't think it will sway anything the way I go about things or Andy goes about things tomorrow.
"The day I was going to practise with Andy I think that was supposed to be the first day Ivan was going to be here.
"So first we were going to keep it quiet just to see what John's reaction would be. But we told him and I think he thought it's a good fit for Andy.
"I'm sure John commentated on many of Andy's matches when he was working with Ivan.
"But it hasn't been discussed outside of any casual conversation."
Roger Federer must wait another year to add to his eight titles at the Gerry Weber Open, after slipping to semi-final defeat to teenager Alexander Zverev.
The 19-year-old Zverev prevailed 7-6 (7/4) 5-7 6-3, to become the youngest player to beat Federer since Rafael Nadal on his 19th birthday at the 2005 French Open.
World number 38 Zverev will face Florian Meyer in Sunday's final at Halle, with Federer failing to reach the final for the first time in 11 years.
Mayer eased past Dominic Thiem 6-3 6-4 in just 66 minutes to book his place in the final and set up an all-German silverware battle.
Source: PA
