During an interview with Christopher Clarey (The New York Times), Federer made it clear that he aims at reaching again the top spot of the ATP ranking, His dream is to surpass Sampras’ record of 286 weeks at the top spot (he is only 1 week shy!).
“Well, that’s a long way to go, but who knows? One day maybe I’ll get there,†Roger said/ “I had to just kind of ignore it at the moment because I know that Novak with his unbelievable year has kind of put that very far from me, but then again, all of the sudden you play well and you win 17 matches in a row and you’re back where you at least feel if you win a Slam or something, you’re right in the conversation again, so that’s interesting and that excites me.â€
Showing an incredible sense of sportmanship Federer revealed that he extended his partnership with Paul Annacone soon after his shooking loss to Novak Djokovic in the US Open semi-finals. “I know when someone is doing a good job and when someone is not,†said Federer, who said he told Annacone, “Just because Novak smashed a forehand past me, and I missed match point, has no effect on my decision in working with you.â€
Roger has to recover 5,460 points to get back to the top spot. Sure… 2012 will be a very interesting year!
