True Champions never give up.

It was 4th round of Australian Open '09 and 2nd seeded Roger Federer was down 0-2 against 29th seeded Tomas Bedrych. The way Bedrych was playing the second set, I thought
Federer is gonna be out of Australian Open this year.

But hold on, what I forgot at that moment was it's FEDERER - winner of 13 Grand Slam titles, dude. And there he was - started the third set with a bang winning the first game & thinking that the match only started just then. There was no looking back for Federer from then on. He gave it back to Bedrych in his own style.

He made Bedrych run both extreme of his court to win every point and in the process succeeding in forcing Bedrych to take a medical time out to get his cramped leg worked out by his physio. When Federer started the final set, the body language of Bedrych showed that he gave up already & that's where I thought Federer won this match - by winning the opponent psychologically.

That was one of the finest matches of a champ who is currently my favorite to win the title in Australian Open this year.


-Jeeva