Hes beaten federer on this surface before, he forced the first break and seized the first set. Melbourne sat up, federate stepped up. The second set went to a tie break, settled by the gentlest of better touches. Thats why they love him. He took the third two, we have seen the story before, so few would have expected the twist. The world number 47 maneuvered this into a decider, it hurtled into a tie break. Melbourne was getting better, nine years ago, he almost retired. Now he had federer at his mercy, four points ahead, it might only take two shots to win the match. This could have been one of them. That chance had gone, federerfights best when hes standing on the cliff edge. Match point, panic over. Like all true superheroes, he left his escape as late as possible. Patrick geary, bbc news. It wasnt hard work for everyone in melbourne today though. Defending champion Novak Djokovic breezed into round four with a straight sets win over Yoshihito Nishioka in under 90 minutes. The final