"It's fantastic, because definitely, when you lose No. 1, you never know if you're ever going to return to it,"
Federer said Monday at the All England Club.
"I always thought it was easier staying No. 1 than getting there."
"Some reason getting there was awfully hard. Back in 2002 and 03, I was playing unbelievable and still I wasn't able to get to No. 1. Then it took a huge effort at the (2004) Australian Open to win there to finally get to No. 1."
"Once I was No. 1, everything just clicked, and everything was easy," Federer said.
"I beat all the other top-10 guys, I won every final I played, (ในปี 2004 เฟดชนะและได้แชมป์ทุกรายการที่เข้าชิง)
and so I hope that's going to return again, that I'm able also to dominate my fellow rivals again and go from there. I'm delighted, of course, I'm No. 1 again."
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Q. You looked extremely smooth and fluent today. Everything coming with ease. How do you feel yourself? Did you enjoy the match? Did you feel any nerves or tension?
ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I mean, they're never easy, those big matches. But normally you always play better if your opponent's playing good, too. I thought Tommy, you know, was on a great run. I couldn't even get close to breaking him for almost two sets.
Sure, that makes it maybe a bit worried, but it's something that happens quite frequently on grass. It actually also is what happened to me in Paris, you know, where I wasn't able to break him for, you know, I think over also one and a half sets. Because I think I was up a break in the second.
I was really happy the way I played today. You know, I came up with some good stuff when I had to. Tough match, because Tommy was playing well.
Q. This is your record seventh Wimbledon final and your record twentieth Grand Slam final. If you win the Championship, you'll go back to No. 1 in the world. Which of those numbers means most to you, or do any of them mean anything to you other than winning?
ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I mean, look, I'm very proud of all the records I've achieved, because I never thought I would be, you know, that successful as a kid. You know, I would have been happy winning a couple tournaments and maybe collecting Wimbledon, you know, sort of achieving the dream scenario, you know.
But not really all those records. But it's quite staggering now, you know, having reached again I think it's my sixth straight Grand Slam final I've achieved, as well. Having so many things going for me now again, opportunity again on Sunday, it's fantastic.
Quite amazing to be back in the Wimbledon final already because it seems like now all of a sudden everything happened very quickly.
Q. All sports have incredible records, marks. What does the history book mean to you?
ROGER FEDERER: I mean, I think more today than, you know, it used to be. You don't know all the records when you haven't been there. I mean, you know who won Wimbledon a ton of times, who's been No. 1 in the world for a certain amount of weeks, you know, who's won X amount of titles. Those are the big stats you might know if you're interested.
But then there are so many other records out there that people don't know except if you reach them yourself or if somebody reaches it. It's nice that they talk about them, because it gives me even more of an incentive to do well, you know, for myself.
I love playing against the younger generation, trying to beat those and then the next generation again and playing for the history books, but especially also playing for myself. There's a big incentive. I really enjoy that part of the game right now.
Roger Federer has already been through a serving contest at Wimbledon this year. Its probably nothing compared to whats coming next.
Federer used the term after his fourth-round match, which included two tiebreakers and only one break of serve. Up next in Wednesdays quarterfinals is Ivo Karlovic, who makes a living smacking aces and service winner.
The 6-foot-10 Croatthe tallest player in the history of the ATP tour has not been broken once in 79 service games this tournament and leads all players with 137 aces. He hit 46 of those in his third-round upset of No. 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, a four-set win that included three tiebreakers.
Federer, however, has an 8-1 record against Karlovic with 12 of the 22 sets ending in tiebreakers despite few chances to show off his all-court game.
I like those sorts of challenges, said Federer, who is seeking his sixth Wimbledon championship and record 15th Grand Slam title.
Its maybe not the most fun match to go through. But I like to beat this guy, because he makes it hard on us to beat him.
The quarterfinal round features players of eight nationalities, with five Grand Slam tournament winners and four former No. 1s.
Federer plays the first match on Centre Court on Wednesday, which despite his immense popularity at the All England Club is seen by many Brits as merely the opening act for the second encounter, when Andy Murray takes on Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain.
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