Novak Djokovic hopes Covid-19 vaccine will not be made compulsory for players

(CNN) World No. 1 Novak Djokovic says he hopes Covid-19 vaccines will not be mandatory for tennis players on tour.

Speaking to reporters during this week's Serbia Open , the 33-year-old insisted he wouldn't reveal whether he gets a vaccine in the future and hoped receiving a jab would not be made compulsory by the sport's governing bodies.

"I don't think it'll come to that. I hope not, because I've always believed in freedom of choice," Djokovic said, per Reuters.

"And I will keep the decision as to whether I'm going to get vaccinated or not to myself," he said. "It's an intimate decision, and I don't want to go into this game of pro and against vaccines, which the media is unfortunately creating these days.