2014- The Season So Far

With just an hour to go until the Wimbledon Final, let's look back on the 2014 season so far…

January

We started off the season in Australia.The first title of the year was won by Lleyton Hewitt, in his home country in the city of Brisbane. The title in Doha was won by Rafa, who had a great start to the season. Wawrinka won in Chennai, Del Potro in Sydney, and Isner in Auckland. Then came the first grand slam of the year, the Australian Open. I loved this tournament (well, the first 13 days). There were some great matches, including that thriller where Stan took out Novak. The final was Rafa vs Stan. Most people expected Rafa to come through, although the worst happened. The infamous back injury occurred while Rafa was warming up, and he continued to feel pain throughout, getting massages from trainers. He carried on because he didn't want to disappoint fans or Stan himself, but it was heartbreaking to watch. By far the toughest moment to watch as a Rafa fan myself, who knows how this year would have turned out if the injury didn't occur?

February

After a busy first month, February featured ATP 250 and 500 tournaments. Notable wins included Berdych's title in Rotterdam, Dimitrov's in Acapulco, Federer in Dubai, and Rafa in Rio.

March

Next we had the first of the masters 1000. Indian Wells and Miami, both won by Novak Djokovic. We were back on hard courts, much to Novak fan's delight. It was a busy month, but I felt both tournament lacked a little bit of excitement.

April

Bring on the clay! The 3rd masters of the year was Monte Carlo, won by Wawrinka in a final of the Swiss. Barcelona was won by Nishikori, who played an excellent tournament.

May

This month was where it really picked up for Rafa fans. His back was finally starting to look in better form, although still disrupting the serve. He picked up a title in Madrid and reached the final in Rome, where Djokovic got the title. This month was by far the most stressful, as doubts were raised once again. Could Rafa win Roland Garros again? Or was Djokovic the favourite after the title in Rome? Of course, there was no need to have doubts, as Rafa won his 9th Roland Garros title after a 4 set final with Djokovic.

June

Wimbledon warm ups saw Federer win again in Halle, and Dimitrov at Queens.

So here we are again, after an interesting season so far we're at another Wimbledon final. This year we've seen a lot of injuries so far, Del Potro's been absent, Rafa's had his back injury, Novak's had a wrist injury and Nishikori seems to need a trainer on court almost permanently. It's been interesting. Let's see what the hard court season brings.