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This US Open always had the feel of tumult about it – but nobody thought Kei Nishikori and Marin Cilic would be making history together in Monday’s final, leaving in their wake two legends of the modern game, the world No1, Novak Djokovic, then Roger Federer, who has won here five times but might not now, at 33, win that 18th career major that has eluded him for two years. Nishikori beat Djokovic 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 then a rumbling thunderstorm by mere minutes to reach his first grand slam final. A few hours later, 25-year-old Cilic, too long a prodigy, also secured his debut in the final of a major, using a swirling early-evening wind under threatening skies and his own intuitive tennis to beat Federer 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 in just an hour and 45 minutes, ending the Swiss’s rejuvenated dream of one more grab at glory. 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