Federer delights at ranking and record

Federer said his fall from the no.1 position came too quickly. "Back then, it seemed that I was stopped all of a sudden," he said. (AP Photo)

SHANGHAI: When seven-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer's run was stopped one week short of American Pete Sampras' world record of 286-weeks as the world no.1, it looked unlikely that Federer would regain his numero uno status again. Earlier in the summer Federer delivered a double whammy, proving everyone wrong, winning Wimbledon and with it the world no.1 ranking.

Federer said his fall from the no.1 position came too quickly. "Back then, it seemed that I was stopped all of a sudden," he said, "I was stopped one week short, I didn't expect that, but it happened. The record didn't mean much to me then because anyway I have so much respect for Pete. It didn't matter if I had the record or not at that moment. It wasn't that I was retired from tennis anyway. I accepted it, but when you lose the no. 1 ranking you want to get it back right away. That was the plan, but obviously I had to wait for some time."

The 31-year-old world no.1, who is the top-seed in the Shanghai Rolex Masters 1000, said, "It was much sweeter to get it back (after all that time) and that it came with the Wimbledon crown. I tied with him (Sampras) that week and in the following week I went ahead of him. It was very unique, perhaps one of the greatest accomplishments of my career."

Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang

Federer delights at ranking and record

Dengan url

https://kacangajaibkedelai.blogspot.com/2012/10/federer-delights-at-ranking-and-record.html

Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya

Federer delights at ranking and record

namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link

Federer delights at ranking and record

sebagai sumbernya