The director of the Rotterdam ATP named the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament, Richard Krajicek, leads the ATP World Tour event since 2004, but the latest pullout from big name Novak Djokovic frustrated him.

In an exclusive interview with Xinhua, the Wimbledon winner of 1996 explained the pleasures and mainly difficulties of being a tournament director, the current status and future of the event, the importance of sports for society, his social-political plans, his personal ambitions, veterans coming back and more.

Top player's pullout eclipsed the tournament, but Krajicek managed to secure title defender Robin Soderling, Andy Murray, the winner of 2009, David Ferrer, Toma Berdych and Jurgen Melzer as the top five seeds to Rotterdam.

Australian open newly crowned winner Novak Djokovic was also supposed to appear, but had to withdraw. "He had to pull out after a tough two weeks at the Australian Open," Krajicek said. "Of course I was a little bit disappointed about that. When he won the Australian open last Sunday I saw him go to his family to be congratulated and then he took off his shirt and threw it into the crowd.

"I saw the tape on his shoulder. At that moment I already thought that it could be bad news. He already had tape around his knee and I thought that might still be OK, not too serious. He experienced two long weeks, also emotionally. After the final I was hoping every day I would not get a call, but then on Friday he did phone me.

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