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Making a quick turnaround following a semifinal showing at the U.S. Open, Roger Federer will be back in action on Friday when Switzerland hosts Italy in the Davis Cup World Group semifinals. The opening day of singles in Geneva will feature a first rubber between Federer and Simone Bolelli, to be followed by Stan Wawrinka vs. Fabio Fognini.
The US Open men's final between Marin Cilic and Kei Nishikori drew a 1.9 rating on CBS, less than any other US Open men's final in figures dating back two decades. That represents about 2.2 million watching on television.
New US Open champion Marin Cilic was quick to praise the inspiration given to him by one-time hero and now coach Goran Ivanisevic and reveal the part the 2001 Wimbledon winner played in last nights triumph on Arthur Ashe Stadium.
The 2014 tennis season may not be over quite yet, but it will undoubtedly go down as a year of incredible parity on the ATP Tour. Four different men captured Grand Slam titles, including two for the first time. Marin Cilic joined Stanislas Wawrinka as a new major champion by triumphing over fellow first-time slam finalist Kei Nishikori 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 at the U.S. Open on Monday evening.
Roger Federer has already put his 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 semi-final defeat at the US Open in perspective after going down to Marin Cilic and is turning his focus to the Swiss Davis Cup weekend semi-final in Geneva against Italy.
For the first time since the 2005 Australian Open (Marat Safin vs. Lleyton Hewitt), a men's singles Grand Slam final will be without either Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, or Novak Djokovic. It will also be the first Grand Slam final between two men ranked outside the top 10 since the 2002 French Open...
Novak Djokovic vs. Roger Federer? Not exactly. The 2014 U.S. Open men's singles final will pit Kei Nishikori vs. Marin Cilic on Monday afternoon. That surprising title match became reality on Saturday afternoon when Nishikori and Cilic scored respective semifinal victories over Djokovic and Federer.
In the first set, Novak Djokovic looked very unsteady, as if he wasn't quite well, and Kei Nishikori was on fire. An early break gave Nishikori the set. In the second set, something started to get to him. Maybe it was the high heat; maybe it was just the wear and tear from his two tough matches in the previous rounds.
A win in Zagreb; a final in Rotterdam and now another title at the Delray Beach Open for Marin Cilic – it’s been a three week streak that has made the popular Croat the hottest player on the ATP tour this year. He has now won 14 of his last 15 matches and 18 in all – more than any other player.
Two of Super Saturday's protagonists at the U.S. Open are two players who just about everyone expected to be there; the top two seeds, in fact. The other two, however, are not entirely expected. All in all, it makes for an intriguing men's singles semifinal lineup featuring Novak Djokovic vs. Kei Nishikori and Roger Federer vs. Marin Cilic.
After another disappointment at the US Open, Tomas Berdych has decided the time has come to up his game in the search for that elusive first Grand Slam event title and that could involve a telephone call to the technically available for hire Ivan Lendl.
The drawing power of tennis is always put to the test when the US Open clashes with the start of NFL Football season but the battle between Roger Federer and Gael Monfils managed to put the events on the opposite coast of the United States in the shade as the Super Bowl winning Seattle Seahawks overcame the Green Bay Packers.
Roger Federer does not have many "firsts" to achieve at this point in his illustrious career, but he achieved one on Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open
Although there have been a few upsets along the way at this year's U.S. Open, they have--unlike on the women's side--been few and far between. That means the quarterfinal lineup is a blockbuster one, with eight seeds having managed to survive and advance. Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, and Stan Wawrinka are all still alive.
Perhaps no part of the men's singles draw is more intriguing than the bottom quarter, where Roger Federer leads the way as the No. 2 seed. If the 17-time Grand Slam champion gets past Roberto Bautista Agut in the third round, he will next go up against either Grigor Dimitrov or Gael Monfils. Talk about an absolutely loaded section of the bracket!
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