Tomorrow I will send you a PM, herc darling. Tonight I am too busy reading MTF, TW, TF etc. I haven't done so in ages. Just want to see the reactions of the so called fans and see who are genuinely happy for Cilic and acknowledge only those. 
I'll find plenty time tomorrow too and I need to get to back to some of the posts posted earlier on.
I know. I was curious about the final too. I wanted to see if it was an impassive crowd since none of the Big Four were there. Alas, I was disappointed, but found it rather funny. Especially since few had a stake in the match.
I also wanted to know the response to those people who constantly show TTC Best of Series, and what they thought about the The Best of Five Heartthrobs. Did you see that? The results were not at all what they expected, so of course, in light of all their braggadocio they were unusually quiet.
Hilarious.
I am sure once Federer got past the 4th round, a lot of Federer fans ended up buying the tickets for the final. And I am sure the ticket sale went through the roof once Nishi beat Djokovic in the qtr. I don't think there was any doubt in many Federer's fans mind that he was a lock for the final win. Of course Monfils might have cast some doubts among some objective Federer fans as Monfis did beat Federer twice before this qtr final meeting, but once that was over I don't think there was any doubt against Cilic against whom he had a 5-0 lead. Of course little did they pay any attention at the way Cilic was playing but to them, it was given. I mean the stars had all aligned nicely for Federer by that time. And if you had watched even a bit of Federer/Monfils match, then you'd know the kind of support Federer had at this Open. I have no doubt at least 70% of the crowd were Federer fans supporting Nishikori in the final. What else can they do? No one was going to buy those expensive tickets and they couldn't just throw them out, so they had to go. At least they had some interest left in Nishikori. They couldn't possibly be behind Cilic because he took their idol out and in straight sets. No one saw that one coming either.
No, I didn't see the TTC Best of Series.
Here's how it went in the US as far as TV ratings were concerned. The article is wrong in one place though because Nishikori didn't upset Djokovic in the semi but oh well, I don't think these reporters watch tennis all that much anyway. The women's final saw lower rating as well which is a bit surprising given Serena's status and nationality.
http://www.ibtimes.com/us-open-2014-mens-final-tv-ratings-cilic-nishikori-struggle-draw-viewers-cbs-bows-out-1683116"The 2014 U.S. Open will be remembered for many things, particularly the media coverage. CBS bowed out after 47 years of covering the famed tennis major with one of the lowest rated finals in history. With a match lacking tennis’s big names and beginning at 5 p.m. EDT on a Monday, there was little surprise that Marin Čilić’s straight-sets victory drew just a 1.9 overnight rating, down 32 percent from Rafael Nadal’s win over Novak Djokovic last year, reports Sports Business Daily. It was also less than half the 4.0 rating drawn by the women’s final between Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki, played on Sunday."