Roger Federer, Miami Open
Mar 30, 2017; Miami, FL, USA; Roger Federer of Switzerland hits a volley against Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic (not pictured) in a men's singles quarter-final during the 2017 Miami Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center. Federer won 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(6). USA TODAY Sports / Geoff Burke

Severin Luthi, the coach of Roger Federer since 2008, has said that reclaiming the World No. 1 ranking is not priority for the Swiss master. According to Luthi, Federer is willing to skip the forthcoming clay court Masters tournaments in Monte Carlo, Madrid and Rome since his No. 1 goal is to win Wimbledon.

Federer has made an impeccable start to 2017. After starting the new ATP season as World No. 17, Federer is currently the World No. 4 after capturing the 2017 Australian Open, the Indian Wells Masters and most recently, the Miami Open Masters in Key Biscayne. However, Federer will likely see a drop in the rankings ahead of the French Open since he plans on skipping most of the two-month clay court season.

The 35-year-old is currently trailing World No. 3 Stan Wawrinka by just 480 points but he's 6,655 points behind World No. 1 Andy Murray. Since Fedrer won't be participating in clay court season starting with the Monte-Carlo Masters (Apr. 16-23), he risks losing points in the coming months. At the beginning of the year, Federer had targeted reaching World No. 8 by Wimbledon to secure a top-10 seed. Luthi believes Federer is capable of reaching World No. 1 but it's not his priority.

Roger Federer focused on Wimbledon, says coach

"Of course he (Federer) can (become World No. 1 again). Everyone speaks about it. But being at the top of the Rankings is not a priority for us. (Though) he has already (amassed) 4,000 points (this year), he will have to win many matches. Now there is Monte Carlo, Madrid and Rome, three important tournaments that Roger won't play and where others will win. Who knows: maybe in a while everyone will say that Rafael Nadal will be World No. 1," Luthi told Swiss media outlet NZZ, via TennisWorldUSA.

When Federer captured the 2017 Australian Open, several analysts felt the Swiss master got a reprieve from the early eliminations suffered by top seds Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. After Federer lost three Grand Slam finals to Djokovic (2014, 2015 Wimbledon and 2015 U.S. Open) in recent memory, very few expected the aging star to capture an unprecedented 18th Grand Slam title.

"Losing a Major final always hurts, but I was always convinced that he (Federer) could win an important title again. Sooner or later you have the chance, if you reach semi-finals or finals. Just after winning the Miami (Open) title, he said that he won't probably play any clay-courts event before Roland Garros. Is it like this?'At the moment, yes. We thought (about it) for some time about it. Our next big goal is Wimbledon," Luthi added, while confirming that Federer would take a two-month break before the French Open (May 28-June 11).