Federer confident of regaining No 1 ranking

Record 16-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federeru00a0insists he still has his sights set on a return to the No 1 world ranking.

The Swiss 29-year-old believes he can still return to the top of the tree, even though he trails Nadal by 3,500 points in the rankings.

"It's important for me to get back to World No 1.

I mentioned it after Wimbledon, it's a goal of mine and it's still very real and very possible," he said at a press conference here in Rome.