Marin Cilic Clinches the U.S. Open in Straight Sets—Is It The End of the Big Three? — vogue.com

In the first match since 2005 that did not feature one of the Big Three—Roger, Novak, and Rafa—Marin Cilic has this evening defeated Kei Nishikori in straight sets to win the 2014 U.S. Open. Having routed Federer Saturday afternoon, the rugged 6’6” Croatian, who was ranked 12, overpowered a fatigued-seeming Nishikori in less than two hours, using typical tall-man tactics to do so—note the seventeen aces versus Nishikori’s two.

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