After finishing the season with only one title, Swiss tennis superstar Roger Federer said that he is targeting to win more titles in 2014 in a bid to improve his ranking. Federer has ended the season as world number six.
“Winning five titles or something, I guess, something exciting, leaving the tournaments as winner,” Federer said about his goals for the upcoming season. “That’s what keeps things exciting. Rankings, if it’s not world No. 1, then I’m not that interested in. Even though you kind of look at it, it would be nice to stay in the top four, top eight, that kind of thing, for seeding purposes more than anything else. Other than that, it’s either world No. 1 or tournaments or big tournaments in general.
Despite a rather dismal season, Federer said that he is happy on how he performed in his past three tournaments.
“Beating two Top 10 players is a good thing for me after not having beaten any for almost seven or eight months,” he said. “Considering the back issues I’ve had, I’m pleased that I’m pain-free for a long period of time now with a lot of tennis. That’s definitely also going to give me confidence physically and also mentally. Clearly Grand Slams are going to be part of my highlights, hoping to sort of make sure I play my best there with some selective other events that I consider important to me, some of the Masters 1000s. Then hopefully I have something left for the World Tour Finals at the end of next year because that’s clearly a goal. Then just some personal goals because there’s a big gap, as well, between Australia and the French Open. I just still have to decide what the goal is there, then I’ll just attack and try to play good tennis.”
