MELBOURNE—Roger Federer has been told by a few of us pundits ... it’s hard to find a two-handed player with a flawless slice, or an instinctive net game—Andy Murray is probably the closest ...

Streaking across the blue clay in pursuit of a Tomas Berdych blast, Roger Federer could see ... man could not control a slithering short slice from Federer and missed a backhand up the line ...