Paris - Roger Federer remains unruffled by his second-round exit to Julien Benneteau at the Paris Masters, with the Swiss number one convinced that he can live with a week of training at home before heading to London for the new year-end final.

The Swiss suffered his second setback in four days after going down to Novak Djokovic in the final at home in Basle - but there is no panic on Team Federer.

"I guess I'm a clay court specialist now," joked the reigning French Open champion who has only reached three career quarter-finals at the Bercy arena,

"I was really happy to come here, unfortunately it's a two, three day trip. Now it's back home, back to the practise courts. I want to make sure I'm in top shape for London where I won Wimbledon before."

Federer is now banking on coming good at the eight-man championships, the World Tour Finals.

"I can at least make a good run there, because I really feel like I have some good tennis left in me. I'm not going to let my head hang after this tournament.

"These matches sometimes happen for me. And I definitely have some work to do. Even though this wasn't bad, but I definitely think I have to up my game for the Masters." (dpa)