Marin Cilic beats Kei Nishikori to win US Open

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Marin Cilic beats Kei Nishikori to win US Open

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Marin Cilic clinched his first Grand Slam title Monday, September 8, shattering Kei Nishikori’s bid to become the first Asian man to win a major with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 victory in the US Open final. Cilic, the 14th-seeded 25-year-old, becomes the first Croatian man to win a major since Goran Ivanisevic, now his coach, at Wimbledon in 2001. Cilic, playing in his 28th Grand Slam event, is the lowest-ranked champion since Pete Sampras, then 17th in the world, claimed the 2002 title in New York. Nishikori admitted he had been outplayed.

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