He threw his hands up into the air in exuberant celebration after the final point. He should have worn black to have stood a chance.

It was the best performance ever in my career.” Looking forward to Monday’s final, he said: “It’s going to be a sensational day for both of us. “I believed if it went to a fifth set I didn’t think I could run. Another? Tennis’s old order suffered a double defeat, with Marin Cilic beating Roger Federer 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 to set up a US Open final with Kei Nishikori, who stunned Novak Djokovic Follow game-by-game coverage of the US Open men's singles semi-final match between Marin Cilic and Roger Federer at Flushing Meadows on Saturday, Sept 06, 2014 Maybe this really is the point in the evolution of the game where the insurrectionists take over, when the likes of Federer, Djokovic, Andy Murray and the absent Rafael Nadal no longer can presume to be the lords of the final weekend in grand slams. First semi: Nishikori beats Djokovic 6-4, 1-6, 7-6, 6-3. Roger Federer vs Marin Cilic all matches, with stats on their H2H rivalry. Charles Krupa/Associated Press. I’m more surprised with Cilic, to be honest, because he’s older. He is also the first Japanese man to reach the US semi-finals since Ichiya Kumagae the year the first world war ended. @MartinPengelly no Darth Federer stuff tonight. He wins the point regardless.

Federer seemed to be well aware this match was not going to be a walk in Central Park. Kevin’s preview of that match is here, and it begins thus: There is not a screenwriter in Hollywood who would have submitted a script in which Serena Williams, led away from Wimbledon groggy, mute and heartbroken in mid-summer, would reappear in the final of the US Open in early autumn against her best friend in tennis, Caroline Wozniacki. As he left the site, he heard Cilic had taken a two-set lead – the second match in a row that Federer has looked down and out, but this time falling short. Federer came into this match with a 5-0 record against Cilic, although their last match at the 2014 Rogers Cup—an important hard-court steppingstone toward the U.S. Open—was a highly competitive affair, with Federer just edging out the Croatian 7-6(5), 6-7(3), 6-4.
All match stats courtesy of USOpen.org unless otherwise noted.

Seeded 10 but playing like a champion, the 24-year-old Japanese player did to Djokovic in four sets in the heat of the day what Murray could not do to him in the still of the night over the same distance in the quarters – so he has much to be proud of. #usopen. Nishikori revealed he did not think he would even be in the tournament after he had surgery for the removal of a cyst in August. 2 seed Roger Federer, with his own brand air of invincibility, against No. Which all leaves me to say that Marin Cilic will play Kei Nishikori in Monday’s final, starting at 5pm eastern, which is 10pm UK. It is not a U.S. Open final that anyone expected, but it could prove to be an entertaining change of pace for men's tennis. Marin Cilic celebrates after beating Roger Federer in straight sets in the semi-finals of the US Open. Check back here for Kevin’s report of this one, and for our live blog of tomorrow’s women’s final. This could, in a very literal sense, be it for Roger Federer, Cilic to serve, bigly no doubt, for the match. The 25-year-old, who didn't participate in last year's U.S. Open due to a, Federer was overmatched playing at the net in the first set, an area of play that he dominated against the likes of Sam Groth and. We had a tough, tough match in Toronto. #usopen @MBUSA http://t.co/imDsGMqD2x. It is a stinging loss for Federer, who may have missed out on his best chance to win a record 18th Grand Slam final. Just got off the court. The Croat, resisting 12 Swiss aces, also tamed Federer at the net, where he has been having increased success, and finished the job in front of a stunned Arthur Ashe court with a perfect single-handed backhand down the line, his beaten foe’s trademark shot.
Ask not for whom the bell tolls, because it obviously tolls for Roger Federer. US Open 2014: Marin Cilic sweeps past Roger Federer to set up final against Kei Nishikori. Very happy to finish in four sets.”. Uncertainty was the motif of the day. He will be the one with the quality tennis in the bank, having completed a hat-trick of wins against the fifth seed, Milos Raonic, the third seed, Stanislas Wawrinka, and now Djokovic, who was so drained and desolate afterwards he hinted that this might be his last match of the year. Rothenberg noted the crowd's disappointment regarding this development: Cilic breaks right back, crowd redeflates.

But, after [two matches], I had more confidence in my foot and [played without pain]. 0 of 7. “I don’t know,” Djokovic said of his remaining schedule. Indeed, there would be two massive dethronements on the hard court in Flushing Meadows, a welcome reprieve for tennis fans tired of the almost routine Grand Slam finals appearances from Federer, Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray. There is more of it to come – and that is no bad thing.

Photograph: Mike Frey/BPI/REX, Croat Cilic beats Swiss 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 to reach US Open final, World No1 falls earlier to Japan’s Kei Nishikori in four sets. #usopen.

First published on Sun 7 Sep 2014 00.31 BST. No. Although there’s a fly poster round the corner from Guardian NY HQ, on Crosby Street, which has Darth Vader wearing suspenders, so also… troubling words. “I didn’t even know if I would come to New York.


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