Elena Rybakina has hit back at a fellow former Wimbledon champion Pam Shriver in an escalating row over the Kazakh's suspended coach. Stefano Vukov has been provisionally banned and placed under investigation by the WTA over allegations of breaking the WTA's code of conduct.

Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion, says she disagrees with the WTA Tour's decision to provisionally suspend her longtime coach, Stefano Vukov, and reiterated that she never made a complaint about him.

Elena Rybakina repeated in her Australian Open pre-tournament press conference that she was "never mistreated" by Stefano Vukov and also blasted Pam Shriver for making some claims when she even doesn't know her personally.

Stefano Vukov won’t be allowed access to the Australian Open after the WTA announced it was investigating him for a possible breach of the tour’s code of conduct.

Stefano Vukov is being investigated by the WTA and cannot obtain credentials to its tournaments. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Elena Rybakina has hit back at a fellow former Wimbledon champion Pam Shriver in an escalating row over the Kazakh’s suspended coach. Stefano Vukov has been provisionally banned and placed under investigation by the WTA over allegations of breaking the WTA’s code of conduct.

I’m really looking forward to this partnership,” Elena Rybakina said last year while appointing Novak Djokovic's ex-trainer Goran Ivanisevic as her new coach. The post Australian Open 2025: Elena Rybakina Confirms Goran Ivanisevic Role in the Team While Avoiding Talk on Ex-Trainer appeared first on EssentiallySports.

Elena Rybakina has strongly responded to comments made by former Wimbledon champion Pam Shriver, as the ongoing controversy surrounding her suspended coach, Stefano Vukov, intensifies.