JAPANESE Kei Nishikori and Croatian Marin Cilic set up an unlikely U.S. Open final after stunning their decidedly more illustrious opponents in the semifinals.
Nishikori became the first man from Asia to reach a major singles championship match by beating top seed Novak Djokovic, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3, while Cilic used his booming serves to beat second seed Roger Federer, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
Cilic is the first man from Croatia to get this far at a major since his coach, Goran Ivanisevic, won Wimbledon in 2001.
It marked the first time in nearly a decade – since Marat Safin beat Lleyton Hewitt at the Australian Open in January 2005 – that a major final will be contested without at least one of Federer, Djokovic or Rafael Nadal, who didn’t attempt to defend his 2013 US Open title because of a right wrist injury.
That trio won 34 of the past 38 Grand Slam trophies, including two months ago at Wimbledon, when Djokovic edged Federer in a five-set final. Noli Cruz
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