As Novak Djokovic Fights For A 24th Major Title, He’s Also Fighting For The Future Of Tennis

After Novak Djokovic met with a large group of reporters on media day at the U.S. Open on Aug. 25, he walked to a nearby conference room underneath Arthur Ashe Stadium to chat with four journalists to discuss a cause close to his heart.

Wearing a gray Lacoste hoodie and blue tennis shorts, Djokovic, the 36-year-old Serbian tennis star, wanted to talk about the Professional Tennis Players Association, an organization he and Canadian Vasek Pospisil created in 2020. The PTPA calls itself “an organization created BY the players FOR the players” to “support, protect and advance players’ well being on and off the court.”