Novak Djokovic suggests change in 'over-saturated' tennis calendar
Once again, in one of his press conferences, Novak Djokovic spoke about the several team competitions that are currently on the tennis tour. A lot of money is being at stake, but Djokovic remarked: 'I don't necessarily think money is the driving factor. It might appear so. In a certain situation, obviously yes. But as president of the council, I've had the opportunity to meet with the most powerful people in our sport in the last couple of years. Obviously, with players, (we) get a lot of opinions. I think majority really cares about this sport deeply, whoever is involved. Sometimes our differences get in the way. As you mentioned, ATP, ITF, they're two different independent associations, federations. Then you have obviously Grand Slams that operate independently, as well, as a separate entity. It's not as easy. That's how system has been created and has been functioning for so many years. So we have to try to work with it, as well.'
Djokovic added: 'Obviously, Laver Cup is not an official competition. It doesn't have points. But it has to be regarded as a very successful, very serious competition that attracts a lot of attention. I watched it on TV last year. I was part of it this year. I can definitely say it has attracted a lot of success and attention. So far it's been the only competition that can actually get the biggest rivals in sport in one team. That was a very unique experience. So, yeah, I mean, this part of the year after the Grand Slam season is done, you have post US Open, Laver Cup, then Davis Cup, World Team Cup first week of the year. It's really over-saturated. Within three, four months, it's too many events. We'll have to work it out. But we have to start from somewhere.'
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from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2T2ZaCD
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