Story highlights Federer taking a break from tennisSwiss star won Australian Open in JanuaryHe says he is not chasing world No.1 ranking(CNN) Will he? Roger Federer has cast an element of doubt over whether he will compete in the tennis season's second grand slam -- next month's French Open. The Swiss great told CNN Sport that missing the second major of the year to extend his current break from the Tour was "still an option right now" and he will make a firm decision just before the French Open starts. At 35, and having won the three biggest titles of the year to date -- the Australian Open, Indian Wells and the Miami Open -- the 18-time grand slam champion decided he needed to rest and would return to action two weeks before the start of the French Open on May 22. But Federer, who has won the French Open once, in 2009, told CNN Sport: "I don't think I will skip it, but I will have to see in, say, four or five weeks how I feel when I get on the clay, how my mood is.

Source: CNN April 17, 2017 10:07 UTC