CAMELOT FANTASIES

What's interesting is what Federer will do next year. Murray will be back, Nadal and Novak will be hungry, and del Potro and Berdych will surely want to build on this year's results.

Fed did come on stronger in the last few tournaments, but where does he go from here?

Excellent questions. I've been wondering about Murray coming back, and how it will impact the field. It could get exciting by the summer. I don't expect much out of him at the Australian Open, simply because he will not have been back long enough to take down the top guys. Indian Wells and Miami will tell us more, I think.

As for Federer, after an awful 2013 (by his standards, of course, i.e., winning only 1 title), 2014 can only be better, don't you think? Well, I hope so anyway. I think he'll regroup and refocus during the next month and a half, and come back ready in January.