Croatia' Marin Cilic reacts after defeating Kei Nishikori of Japan in the 2014 US Open men's final. - AFP
IT WAS a breath of fresh air when the men's final of the US Open tennis tournament last week's was not contested by Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer or Novak Djokovic.
You would have to go back nine years to the Australian Open in 2005 when Marat Safin and Lleyton Hewitt contested in the final match - the last time one of the three did not feature in a Grand Slam final.
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