In an interview, Novak Djokovic talked about PTPA’s role in dealing with financial difficulties the lower-ranked players suffer on the tour.
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Novak Djokovic co-founded the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA) with Vasek Pospisil to ease the burden of lower-ranked players dealing with financial and other difficulties on the tour. In a recent interview, Djokovic opened up about one of the major goals of the PTPA.
When the interviewer talked about the interesting situation where Djokovic is helping those players who want to take the food off his plate, the Serb said that while he has plenty of money, lower-ranked players, due to financial difficulties, end up ruining their careers.
Novak Djokovic used to break records one after the other but now he is creating more records, that look almost impossible for other players to break. With 24 Major titles already in his trophy cabinet, not to forget his recent victory at the Paris Olympics, Djokovic still has not lost his appetite for more.
Other than the Olympic gold medal, Djokovic has not yet won another title and is 29-7 on the season. He failed to reach a single final before Wimbledon, where he lost to Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets. Djokovic will now bid for his first Grand Slam of the year at Flushing Meadows.
Following the Olympics, Djokovic skipped two hard court tournaments, in Montreal and Cincinnati, and enters the US Open without match practice on the surface. He will lock horns with unseeded Radu Albot in the opening match on August 26.