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[Vibhu batra]

Roger believes the No. 1 ranking is still within his grasp, despite the dominance of Djokovic on the ATP World Tour.


The Swiss was dethroned at the top of the South African Airways ATP Rankings in June 2010, one week shy of equalling Pete Sampras' all-time record of 286 weeks at No. 1.


These are some of the highlights of his interview ::



"I’m a believer that if I do things the right way it will come back. I just have to keep working hard and hopefully I’ll get back to it and break the record."


"I feel like if I play really well from here till the US Open, obviously there’s a shot,"


But then there’s a shot for probably 10 players to do that. I feel like I’m on a good run right now. I’ve won a lot of tournaments in a short period of time, which obviously gives me a lot of confidence.

"But the focus right now is to try and play well day-by-day, make sure I get through a tough stretch here between Dubai and Miami. World No. 1 will probably be decided for the majority of players between the French Open and US Open period where there are so many highlights



"I’m working hard, making all the right decisions and hopefully down the road I will pick up a few more. Did I miss some big opportunities? I think I put it more down to that than actually not playing as good [as previous years]; at times I think I was even playing better. I’ve had some tough losses over the last couple of years, which have denied me a few Slams I believe."



"I feel good. The week in between Rotterdam and Dubai was very helpful because I did play a lot of tennis already. I’ve physically recovered again, feel good about my game and I’m really excited about playing here in Dubai," said Federer.




"It’s a tough draw and [Llodra is] playing well at the moment in Marseille, so he’ll be coming in with confidence, which is always a tough position. It’s such a strong tournament. It’s tough conditions here; it’s always pretty quick. I’ve struggled early on in the tournaments here in the past. I hope that this time around it’s going to be a good tournament for me.


"I’ve already won it four times, so you kind of draw out of that and hope you can do it again. Five [titles] would be amazing, but the competition is really tough."

[Vibhu batra]

So, what do you guys think, can Roger retain the number. 1 slot again or as he confessed in another interview:


"Sampras is my very good friend & I won't mind, if Sampras holds on that records forever."


What are your thoughts? Would love to hear from you all. (Language no Bar)

[Tennis4RF]

I heard the interview so very carefully & 2 things to be noted


a) Thou, he said that about Sampras, but at the same time, he said, he wants to give it his best shot. So, hunger is still there


What's best, he clarified that he is not playing 4 tournaments, but playing 20 this year and most importantly, this is the Olympics year


He also clarified that if he wanted to win only grand slams, he wouldn't be playing the DUBAI OPEN in his 2nd home (Always peRFect & politically correct).

[Vibhu batra]

I heard the interview so very carefully & 2 things to be noted


a) Thou, he said that about Sampras, but at the same time, he said, he wants to give it his best shot. So, hunger is still there


What's best, he clarified that he is not playing 4 tournaments, but playing 20 this year and most importantly, this is the Olympics year


He also clarified that if he wanted to win only grand slams, he wouldn't be playing the DUBAI OPEN in his 2nd home (Always peRFect & politically correct).

Ha ha, well said, so what U reckon can federer make it to the Number. 1 this year or next year??

[Tennis4RF]

So, what do you guys think, can Roger retain the number. 1 slot again or as he confessed in another interview:


"Sampras is my very good friend & I won't mind, if Sampras holds on that records forever."


What are your thoughts? Would love to hear from you all. (Language no Bar)

It feels awesome to be dicussing such things, tired of small discussions on twitter & fb. Feels great to be discussing in details

[Vibhu batra]

It feels awesome to be dicussing such things, tired of small discussions on twitter & fb. Feels great to be discussing in details

Thanks, great to hear, u r getting used to these long discussions. Get ready for more in the coming days

[Tennis4RF]

I surely would love to see, Roger becoming number. 1, touchwood, it will happen after the wimbledon this year

[Vibhu batra]

Sure, would do a detailed Blog post this Sunday explaining how federer can regain the number. 1 spot again..

[Andy]

Just found out that the current points diff is about 5000 points, so couple of ATP 500 & 2 Grand slams should wipe off the difference, thou, will wait for your detailed blog post

[Kristina]

great discussion. Thanks for reminding me to log in. Now, I realize what I have been missing