Roger Federer is no longer chasing the top ranking and would rather be a contender at Grand Slams than battling Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal to be world number one, the Swiss tennis great said on Friday. “For me the ranking, at 37 years old, is no longer really the priority,” he told a news conference in Geneva. As long as I say I can win a Grand Slam as I did two years ago with a world ranking of 17, everything is in place. Sweden’s Bjorn Borg is captain of the Europe team at the event named after Australian tennis great Rod Laver. Nadal has announced he will join his perennial rival in the Laver Cup, which pits the best of Europe against a world team still to be named.

Source: Indian Express February 08, 2019 16:02 UTC