India, Jan. 29 -- Greatness is all about throwing the monkey off your back, or should we say groin this time, considering Roger Federer fought off his below the belt perch at the Australian Open quarter final with the strokes of a master.
Greatness is perseverance against all odds, patience in the face of impossibility and the ability to reach the finish line as a victor when even the commentators have begun to recite elegies.
That was Federer for you with all his vintage staycathon on display when he went on to win the quarter final against an aggressive American, saving seven match points to take the match full stretch. This, despite a stiff groin hampering his stride and stretch of imagination in dealing with the situation at 6-3, 2-6,...