Tennis Forever

[JamesDap]

Caught the highlights. A fresher Nishikori may have pushed it to four but I don't know that anybody could have stopped Cilic in that kind of form. Even the power hitters who 'reigned' during Federer's peak never produced such a big game. This was massive. I hate to say it but he pretty much did to Nishikori what Kvitova did to Bouchard at Wimbledon. Just totally flattened his opponent. Was again reminded of Del Potro but what's even more lethal about Cilic is he moves better and is a lot more eager to come to the net. Generally also positions himself more aggressively, closer to the baseline. Remains to be seen whether this is a one of a kind dream performance for him or if he can possibly sustain this level in future. If he can, though, he has time on his side and could haunt the big four as well as other top players, especially on fast surfaces.