It is often said, “we are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit”. Excellence is then, not inherent, but learnt. It is a skill, so intricate that it could make Einstein look a bit dumb. Talent alone has its individual limits. Talent and excellence in one man could shake the earth.

Excellence in the tennis world is a rare find: a diamond in the patch. Particularly, when you consider the past decade has been ruffled with an age-old rivalry between Nadal and Federer – arguably the greatest rivalry for the face of 21^st century sport. In a sport that was dominated by Swiss finesse and a Spanish revolutionary making good tennis players look seemingly ordinary; a climb to the top was a mission impossible. For almost a decade, it seemed that men’s tennis was a bland gladiatorial blood fight with no real competition –…