The 2014 season has come to an end.
A crazy and chaotic season, a tumultuous and wild season, a magical and weird season that ended in a crazy and chaotic way.
From a certain perspective, this can be considered consistent from beginning to end.
While the year-end finals are in progress, emotions such as exclamation, complaints, complaints, astonishment, anger, ridicule, disgust, contempt, etc. fill the chest.
I am extremely annoyed, but I hate that iron cannot become steel.
But when the lights of the O2 Stadium went out and everyone dispersed and the music returned to calm, looking at the dome slowly dimming in the night, the feeling of reluctance quietly grew again.
Looking back suddenly, I became a witness to history without knowing it.
Looking back on the entire incredible season, a faint smile can't help but appear on the corner of my mouth, with mixed emotions. This is destined to be a special season.
At this point, after the WTA, all the ATP events in 2014 have ended. Only the Davis Cup final held by the ITF will be staged in two weeks, with the Swiss team facing the French team. The other meetings must be between two It's been a month, and all the hustle and bustle has fallen silent.
At the same time, the world ranking list and championship standings have also been officially merged into one, and the year-end world rankings have been released.
When I say there are surprises, there are actually no surprises; when I say there are no surprises, there are quite a few surprises.
First, Djokovic.
Second, Federer.
Third, Nadal.
Fourth, Wawrinka.
Fifth, Murray.
Top five, is this a standard ending?
After a whole season of struggles and repetitions, Murray finally returned to the top five in the year-end world rankings, second only to Wawrinka.
Everyone is discussing that the "Big Four Era" has completely collapsed. However, the year-end world rankings have proved that the most stable, outstanding and powerful overall performance is still the "four old guys" plus a "who came out of nowhere". The old faces are not young." The uproar of chaos was like a dream.
If you don’t look at the lists of Grand Slam and Masters champions and just look at the world rankings, 2014 seems to be no different from previous years.
This is no surprise.
Sixth place, Berdych.
The seventh place is Kei Nishikori.
Eighth place, Raonic.
Ninth place, Gawain.
10th place, Ferrer.
In the second half of the world's top ten, a surprise appeared, and it was a huge surprise——
Kei Nishikori, Gawain, Raonic.
All three players ranked among the top ten in the year-end world rankings for the first time in their careers. They replaced Del Potro, Tsonga and Richard Gasquet in last year's year-end rankings. All three players have been injured and their time on the court this season has been very limited.
Among them, Kei Nishikori and Gawain are Asian representatives. For the first time in history, Asian male players are among the top ten at the end of the year, let alone two.
At the same time, Gao Wen and Raonic are representatives of the "post-90s" generation. It is also the first time in history that two young players appeared in one breath.
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The most incredible thing is, of course, Gao Wen who created countless miracles and wrote countless histories.
Before the year-end finals, the world ranking was temporarily ranked tenth, but with the last victory in the group stage, he directly earned 200 points, which also allowed Gao Wen to successfully overtake Ferrer.
It is worth mentioning that Raonic's final points were 4220 and Gao Wen's final points were 4210. The difference was only a weak ten points.
Little by little, just a little bit, Gao Wen will be able to end the season ranked among the top eight in the world, but... there is no need to expect so much, because "ranked ninth in the world" is enough to shock the world, and the year-end world ranking list When he came out, there was an uproar.
A championship proves an outstanding performance in a tournament. For example, Tsonga won the Miami Masters this year, which was also a breakthrough in his career.
The year-end world rankings prove the stability and excellence of multiple events - simply put, relying solely on dark horse performance is not enough.
From New York to Paris to London, and finally to the world rankings, amidst the shock, Gao Wen undoubtedly became the hottest newcomer in 2014——
At this time, looking back at this year full of variables, if we must say the biggest winner, I am afraid it is...Nike.
At the beginning, Nike resolutely beat Adidas to sign Gao Wen. Although the terms of the contract have not been disclosed, industry insiders have smelled many clues and questioned whether Nike was too hasty or hot-headed.
After less than three months, all doubts were shut up and replaced by praise and sighs. They all said that this was the wisest and most far-sighted decision of Nike throughout the year, and Adidas once again followed Bouchard. Missed the opportunity to catch up with Nike.
Nike, watch the storm with a smile.
However, this is still not all.
Every year, ATP will conduct a series of official award selections to reward players for their outstanding performance throughout the year. The award selection method is also very professional. The selection methods for different awards are different to ensure that the awards can reflect the original intention of the establishment as much as possible.
Player/Team of the Year.
This award will not go through selection, but will be awarded directly to the year-end world number one, because the year-end world ranking is the best summary of the entire year.
Brothers Djokovic and Bryan received this award respectively.
The Most Improved Award of the Year, the Best Comeback Award of the Year, and the Best Newcomer of the Year Award.
The three awards are all voted by professional players registered with ATP. The voting will go through two rounds of screening. The first round will select the nominees; and then the second round will be held to determine the final winner.
The voting is entirely conducted by the professional players themselves, without any public relations or canvassing. The players are not even sure whether they will be nominated. They rely entirely on the impression of the entire competition journey. Whether they are nominated or won, they all come from The players’ own views and opinions.
It is precisely because of this that the weight and significance of these three awards are even more important, because they represent the views of colleagues. They fight side by side, they advance and retreat together, they are both opponents on the court and colleagues in the same industry. , their perspectives will be more valuable.
Most Improved Award of the Year, Gawain.
Comeback of the Year Award, David Goffin.
Rookie of the Year Award, Gawain.
Overall, there is not much suspense about the three awards. The final winner won the most votes, forming a direct gap with the second place.
No need to say more, everyone expected it.
But what is really worth mentioning is that a screenshot was widely circulated on social networks:
In early August, the front page of ATP's official homepage reported on the feat of two players who made history in both Europe and North America by winning fifteen consecutive challenges and winning the Triple Crown.
These two players were Goffin and Gao Wen who performed best in the second half of the year.
Now, both players have become important members of the ATP year-end awards ceremony. It has to be said that ATP seems to have seen the signs early.
It's just... what's even more curious is which god left the official screenshot of ATP in such a boring way. Did he expect it at that time?
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