Cilic Wins First Grand Slam Title

Croat Marin Cilic beat Japan's Kei Nishikori in Monday's men's final at the U.S. Open. The 14th-seeded big-serving Cilic handled the 10th-seeded Nishikori 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 to capture his first Grand Slam title in his first major final.

The 25-year-old Cilic, who missed last year's U.S. Open while serving a doping ban, is the first Croatian Grand Slam champion  since his  coach, Goran Ivanisevic, won the Wimbledon title in 2001. Monday marked the first time in 9 1/2 years that a men's Grand Slam final did not feature Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic.