Djokovic calls for meetings to adress ATP schedule

BASEL, Switzerland (AP) -Novak Djokovic has called for "crucial" meetings to address the heavy playing schedule faced by top tennis players.

The third-ranked Serb said Friday that more players were getting injured because of the demands of a long season.

Djokovic said it was a "very sensitive subject" that should be addressed.

Leading players and ATP tour officials will gather at the Paris Masters next week, and the season-ending finals event in London starting Nov. 22.

Djokovic said players should have up to two months rest before preparing for the Australian Open in January.

He spoke at the Swiss Indoors tournament which lost U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro from the lineup because of a wrist injury.

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