Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion, said Saturday that 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.

Former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina said on Saturday she had not complained about her former coach Stefano Vukov before his provisional suspension by the governing body of women's tennis for a potential code of conduct breach.

Vukov cannot coach while under investigation and Tennis Australia will not issue him with an accreditation for the upcoming Australian Open.

Sixth-ranked Elena Rybakina has defended her former coach Stefano Vukov after he was provisionally suspended by the WTA.

Goran Ivanisevic has spoken for the first time since the bombshell news dropped about Elena Rybakina deciding to rehire Stefano Vukov as a coach despite dropping him last year and hiring the former coach of Novak Djokovic.

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

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

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