Roger Federer
insisted he wouldn't go out of his way to capture the coveted year-end
world number one ranking, despite sealing back-to-back Masters wins in
Shanghai on Sunday.
The third-ranked 33-year-old will return to number two on the back of his run in Shanghai, where he beat Gilles Simon 7-6(6), 7-6(2) for his fourth title of the year.
But Federer, who swatted aside top-ranked Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals, said getting back to number one, a position he last held two years ago, had not entered his thinking.
"I'm not even going to change my schedule because of it. I haven't thought about it, to be quite honest," said Federer.
"What does it need for world number one? I'm not quite sure. I need to look into that, how realistic it is or not," he added.
Federer is expected to round off
2014 at Basel, Paris and the World Tour Finals in London, with a total
of 3,000 points available - potentially enough to outstrip Djokovic.
"I'm going to anyway look at
things when I come back to Switzerland in the next few days, discuss my
schedule with the team, like I mentioned the other day," Federer said.
"Nothing
is going to change really. It all comes down now to what are my goals,
what is my energy level like, and what are my priorities in terms of
tournaments."
He said he was
delighted to be winning again this season after a fallow 2013 with only
one tournament victory, his worst return in 12 years, and a finish
outside the top five.
"Last
year I only got one, which is quite disappointing to be quite honest,"
he told reporters in Shanghai, after lifting the 81st trophy of his
career.
"I think this year
everything is going really well," Federer added. "I have still so many
highlights to look forward to for the end of the season, which is very
nice.
"Usually everything slows down at the end of the season. Not for me this time."
Date: 13th October 2014, Source: AFP
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