Identifying the starting point of an outstanding athlete's retreat from the top is a slightly ghoulish exercise Switzerland's Roger Federer waves as he walks off the court after losing to Sweden's Robin Soderling. Photograph: Christophe Ena/Associated Press There are moments in sport that look crystal-clear in retrospect as turning points in the careers of great athletes and those in their ambit, but which are more difficult to appreciate when they happen because they seem at first to be aberrations. When Jack Nicklaus missed the cut at the Open for the first time, at Sandwich in 1985, the obituary writers stirred; a year later, he defied age and a quality field to win the Masters at 46. It...
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