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Federer uses varying methods to keep on winning

By Bonnie DeSimone
Special to ESPN.com

Sunday, April 2, 2006

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. -- Roger Federer could only shrug happily Sunday when his backhand return of Ivan Ljubicic's 99-mile-per-hour second serve hit the net cord and trickled over on championship point at the Nasdaq-100 Open. The moment evoked memories of Michael Jordan's famous palms-up, can't-explain-it-myself gesture after hitting an unreasonable string of 3-pointers in an NBA playoff game a decade ago. Some may perceive it as unfair that Federer's talent would be accompanied by the occasion ...

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