Swiss professional tennis player Roger Federer won the coveted Shanghai Masters after beating France's Gilles Simon in a 7-6 (6), 7-6 (2) final score.

According to Federer "I got very, very lucky. I know what a privilege it is to be here today."

Federer previous standing was at the third spot but right after the win, he has propelled himself to the second spot yet he insists that his walk to the first place is not in a hurry.

He said "I'm not even going to change my schedule because of it. I haven't thought about it, to be quite honest. What does it need for world number one? I'm not quite sure. I need to look into that, how realistic it is or not. I mean, it's in Novak's racquet. He dictates. But nevertheless, I'm still going to be playing and hopefully playing well again."

Currently the title holder for the world's number one spot is Novak Djokovic and according to the latter, this is the best Federer has ever played against him.

To this Federer said "The biggest concern was to be healthy this year. That's something I'm just so pleased about, to see that the hard work I put in last year is paying off. Not only is it paying off, but I'm feeling good, I'm waking up normal. I'm not half broken like I was last year."

He adds "I'm enjoying myself on the tennis court. I'm playing the way I was hoping I could play again."

Federer opponent said that it was not easy playing against Federer saying "He still has the same strengths, this fantastic serve and this huge forehand. Now I know him, so I'm not scared anymore when I have to play him. But it's still so hard to beat him."

But Federer didn't have a best start during his finals match. He had a very loose service game to start the match. Simon said "Every time he has an opportunity, he's really good at taking it. When you play a close match with him, maybe he just has this feeling that he will somehow survive the match every time."