Continued Rome Open storm as players complaining over transportation and accommodation according to Djokovic

Novak Djokovic discussed the new format of the Rome Open admitting that he isn't necessarily a fan of it due to the difficulties that arise with it even though there are some positives.

This year's Rome Open featured a bigger draw and longer event after it was extended similar to the way the Madrid Open was extended. Some players are fans of it while others are not and Djokovic falls in the latter category. He admitted after his most recent win that he's not that much of a fan while talking about the positives and negatives:

"I mean, I'm personally overall not a fan of that because I feel like we already have four Grand Slams a year that take two plus one week eventually if you go all the way with training. I think the positive thing is you're giving more players the opportunity to be in the draw, the main draw. Obviously they expanded the draw so you have more players."

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On the negative side, he does sees challenges to the organisation:

"For organization, I see it is a big challenge. It's a big hustle to welcome so many additional players with their respective player staff members for transportation and everything. It just puts the organization to even a bigger task. There's been complaints about Madrid and Rome tournaments from players, with their accommodations, transportation."

And finished it off:

"It's challenging. Obviously the first year if you're not expanding your facilities even more, you'll have struggles."

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