Djokovic: Tennis in danger, clubs convert courts for padel and pickleball

Novak Djokovic has reached the round of 16 on Wimbledon with dramatic comeback victory over Alexey Popyrin 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 in just over three hours. The Serb is still recovering from surgery on a knee injury that forced him to withdraw from Roland Garros and during the post-match press conference, the veteran star player gave his views on the current situation in the sport.

Now we have paddle tennis, which is growing and emerging. People have fun with it and say: Yeah, but tennis is tennis. Tennis is the king or queen of all racket sports, that's true. But at club level tennis is in danger. If we don't do anything about it, as I said, globally or collectively, with the growth of padel in Europe and pickleball in the United States, we will see more tennis courts converted for padel and pickleball, because it is cheaper. You have a tennis court and you can build three padel courts in the same space…do the simple math. It is much more profitable for a club owner to have that setup, said the Serbian.

The need for innovation

Djokovic also spoke about the need for innovation in tennis. The Grand Slams will always go well. I think our tours need to improve and we are lucky to play a global sport. But I think one of the studies that the PTPA Three or four years ago it turned out that tennis is the third or fourth most popular sport in the world, the most watched sport in the world, along with cricket. Number one is obviously football. The second is basketball, the Serb explained.

“I think there's still a lot of room for growth and I feel like we're quite fragmented as a sport. So there's quite a few things that I think we really need to look at collectively and try to improve,” he said.

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He also stressed the importance of athletes being able to make tennis a professional career. We need to increase the number of players who make a living from this sport. I rarely see the media write about the fact that you only have 350 or 400 players…men, women, singles, doubles… in all sectors that earn their living from this sport on this planet. That worries me greatly.

The winner of the Grand Slam earns good money and will have no problem making a living from the sport, but we have to take care of the basic level. Tennis is a very global sport and is loved by millions of children who pick up a racket and want to play, but I think we are not making it accessible as the 37-year-old would have to conclude.

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