The highest priority in men's tennis was to shorten the demanding playing season, world number three Novak Djokovic said on Thursday.
The highest priority in men's tennis was to shorten the demanding playing season, world number three Novak Djokovic said on Thursday.
Djokovic is on the ATP Players' Council along with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal and they are considering a revolutionary plan for a World Cup, which could signal the end of the 110-year-old Davis Cup.
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The players see a potential World Cup, 32 nations playing once every two years, as one way of streamlining the burgeoning season and giving them a longer off-season to rest and recover.
"That is the highest priority, because players feel like the season is just too long," Djokovic said after progressing to the third round of the Australian Open.
"I think the most important thing is that the top players are together right now, and they share more or less the same opinion," he said.
"And we are fortunate enough to have the present leadership of the ATP very understandable on the issues that we have and on our problems that we want to solve.
"So we are all working towards the future and making this sport better for players and better for everybody."
Djokovic said the players would have to be mindful to balance the demands of tournaments and sponsors with the players' wishes.
"I can't say more than that because everything is still in the process and it's pending," he said. "Hopefully, in the next couple of months we can make some decisions."
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