Marin Cilic upsets Roger Federer to reach U.S. Open Final

In three sets!

Right after Kei Nishikori shocked the tennis world by upsetting Novak Djokovic to reach the U.S. Open final, Marin Cilic one-upped him with a straight-sets victory over Roger Federer:

Federer, who struggled before battling back to beat Gael Monfils in the quarterfinals, barely put up a fight against the Croatian, who will now face Nishikori in an Open final unlike anything we've seen in almost a decade:

US Open final (Cilic vs Nishikori) will be 1st Grand Slam final that didn't feature Djokovic, Federer or Nadal since 2005 Aussie Open.

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) September 6, 2014

With Rafael Nadal absent, a Federer-Djokovic final seemed a foregone conclusion, but we'll be seeing something totally new Monday night in Flushing.

A full recap of Saturday's tennis can be found here.

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