"I can’t believe it’s already been 5 years" - Cilic looks back on his US Open triumph

Marin Cilic enjoyed a pretty successful career on the ATP Tour over the 15 years, but his biggest achievement came in 2014 at the US Open.

Marin's 2014 season was one of the most successful he played. After winning his 4th title in Zagreb, he went on to triumph also in Delray Beach and start at the US Open as 14th seeded. The Croatian played a great tournament as he lost a set only to Kevin Anderson and 2 sets to Gilles Simon in the 4th round. Now, Cilic spoke to ATPTour.com about his memories of his triumph.

"First of all, I can’t believe that it’s already been five years. Time flies when you’re having fun and when you are on the Tour chasing your dreams. Winning the Open was a dream come true… I had my first match on Arthur Ashe Stadium [in the quarter-finals against Tomas Berdych] and played in the form of my life. Beat Berdych, beat Roger in the semis and Kei in the final and just had an incredible time and just enjoyed myself on the court, played tremendously well and just enjoyed every single moment," Cilic said.

“It was definitely an incredible win by Kei to beat Novak in the semis and Novak up until that point, he was having a great season and he was the big favourite to go through. But it was an incredibly hot day, it was very humid. Of course, we all watched in the locker rooms. But it didn’t play too much in my mind because up until that point I had never beaten Roger. I had lost to him five times up until that point and just kept myself in the moment, kept composed. I felt that I was playing great and just wanted to be relaxed, enjoy when I went on the court and that’s the way it was,” said Cilic.

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