world number one novak djokovic says he is excited by the prospect of playing at the us open but says it would only be fair if every player eligible is able to competethe united states tennis association usta announced this week that the us open would go ahead at the end of august without fans and with strict health protocols in placehowever with the covid19 pandemic still peaking in some regions of the world djokovic is concerned that many players will not be able to travel even if they wanted tohopefully every single player who is participating chosen by ranking and who deserves their place at the us open will have an equal opportunity to travel there and compete as everybody else djokovic told eurosports tennis legends podcastthis is very important because this is the foundation of the atp and the foundation of international tennisseveral leading players have voiced their concerns about the us open taking place especially as the us has the most deaths from covid19 in the worlddefending champion rafael nadal said he would be unlikely to travel there in the current circumstances while womens world number two simona halep has also indicated she will not goearlier this month djokovic said competing in new york would be impossible because of the extreme covid19 protocols in place for the tournament at flushing meadowshowever the serb says he is very glad it is going ahead and that the atp tour would resume in august after being suspended since march because of the pandemicim extremely happy and excited to see that all the tournaments especially grand slams are organising their events the 33yearold 17time grand slam champion saidi think that a lot of people were sceptical especially for the us events considering what the us went through as a country during this pandemic so a lot of people including myself were quite sceptical on whether it would happen or notlets hope that in the next two months some of those restrictions will loosen up a bit and that we will have a great great tournament