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.

Vukov is barred from obtaining coaching or Grand Slam credentials, but Rybakina wants him back on her team — and could boycott the WTA.

Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion, said Saturday 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 has strongly responded to comments made by former Wimbledon champion Pam Shriver, as the ongoing controversy surrounding her suspended coach, Stefano Vukov, intensifies.

Vukov coached the 2022 Wimbledon winner from 2019 until 2024 when he left her team under mysterious circumstances ahead of the US Open. Rybakina announced during the latter stages