With year end quest to take topper title in world of Tennis

Roger Federer will finish the year with 140 points as victory over Marin Cillic at the ATP World Tour Finals yesterday which took up his career match win tally to 1,131.As Federer has had a stunning year of 2017 winning 7 tournaments including Grand Slam titles. However with this year achievements the is still some way behind legend American  Tennis player Connors, who lead the way in Open Era with 1256 , as he doubts that he will be able to have longevity to overtake Connor’s records , so as Federer says “It’s funny how record accumulate”. However opinioned that he is at age now where chasing the world No.1 ranking is no longer a realistic goal, with that he said to finish the year just 140 points shy of Rafael Nadal’s tally at World No 2 is he win’s on going  ATP Finals in London.

Rafael Nadal became the oldest male tennis player in history to finish the year as the world No 1 during the Paris Masters whileFederer ran the Spaniard close throughout the season with both players sharing the four Grand Slams with two apiece.But Nadal, five years Federer’s junior, finished on top having won six events on the tour.

However, the 31-year-old had to pull out of this week’s ATP World Tour Finals in London due to injury, clearing a path for Federer to clinch his seventh season-ending title.The Swiss player won the Australian Open and Wimbledon this year upon returning from an injury affected second half of 2016. But the 36-year-old, who has spent 302 weeks at World No 1 throughout has his career, doesn’t believe the World No 1 crown is worth chasing without straining his body. He carefully worked his calendar this year to keep his body fresh including by skipping the entire clay court season as per sports news.

As Federer says when asked on the future and year ending victory’s “Look, it’s not a realistic goal in some ways, the world number one. It is interesting. It’s the ultimate achievement in tennis in some ways; it always has been for me. But at this age, it just can’t be because I think I’ll make mistakes if I start chasing it. I’m not sure how much the body allows me to chase goals like this”.

“Maybe if I start thinking about it too often and too much, I think I’m maybe also not playing the way I’m supposed to be playing. Maybe I tense up, maybe I’m nervous, maybe that’s not good for my back. Who knows what it is,” he added further.

Federer could have pushed Nadal further in pursuit of the World No 1 ranking had he not pulled out of the Paris Masters. But he maintains that he has no qualms about pulling out. “Regrets? I don’t have any. But maybe losing to Tommy Haas (in Stuttgart) and Evgeny Donskoy (in Dubai) ended up haunting me,” he said. “I had match points in both matches. It’s not like I didn’t try. So I’m just happy I’m playing a great season. I’m so happy that I was able to reach this level of play and still being able to play also at the end of the year. I totally exceeded my expectations. I’m just happy that I’m injury-free and healthy right now and enjoying myself still.” As express news reports.