It has been a season of changes in tennis. Stanislas Wawrinka and Marin Cilic, who won the Australian Open and the US Open respectively, loosened the grip of the top four on Grand Slams and emerged as the leaders of the new world order. But as far as India is concerned, 2014 will be remembered as the year Roger Federer graced our courts.

The Swiss maestro brought serve and volley back into fashion, maybe not enough to rekindle the Grand Slam fire. But none of that mattered as he made a grand entrance into the Indian capital, New Delhi.