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Roger Federer reminded the tennis community of his class with Sunday's ATP World Tour Finals triumph over Rafael Nadal, and then insisted he has no plans to retire.

Federer was in supreme form at London's O2 Arena, beating Nadal 6-3 3-6 6-1 in the final after going unbeaten throughout the week. Playing on an indoor surface that admittedly aided his game, the world No. 2 fizzed forehands to all corners of the court on his way to a fifth year-end title.

Nadal will begin 2011 as the world No. 1, but Federer is currently displaying the sort of the form that saw him dominate the men's game for over half a decade. Since losing in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon to Tomas Berdych, the Swiss has won 33 of 37 matches, while recent defeats to Novak Djokovic at the US Open and Gael Monfils in Paris saw Federer only beaten after he passed up match points.

Already boasting 16 grand slam titles at the age of 29, and with ten seasons behind him, Federer insists he has no intention of taking things easy.

"As long as I can, as long as I'm healthy, eager, motivated, which I clearly am, [I will continue to play]," Federer said. "I've played ten full seasons. Nine of them I made the World Tour Finals, so I've always had long and exhausting seasons.

"But I seem to enjoy it. I take pleasure out of travelling the world, playing against the best, challenging myself. So it's been an amazing career for myself.

"At the moment I have no plans at all of stopping, quitting, whatever you want to call it. I hope I can play for many more years to come. It's a goal anyway. I think it's possible."

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