Matchless
Matchless Years ago, in school, the English teacher had asked us to give an example of perseverance. The idea was to determine if we understood the term correctly. After some confusion, taking cue from the history class of the previous week, I had said Ghazni; it was a while before I realized why she had declared the answer incorrect. Today, to the same question, I would in a flash say Federer and, I understand, there is little chance that a teacher would disagree. How has he been able to come back after being written off? After not playing for few months at 35 when winning a few matches is tough task, forget winning a major? A lot about Federer cannot be easily explained. This includes support and love of fans. The support he got during 2014 and 2015 losses to Djokovic in the Wimbledon finals, for example, would have few parallels, especially for someone who is not a local. To Australia and Nadal’s credit the support was not as tilted in Federer’s favour during the A...