By Richard Pagliaro | @TennisNow | Wednesday, February 12, 2025
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Studying her former coach, Stefano Vukov continues to be suspended, Elena Rybakina stays disenchanted.
The fifth-seeded Rybakina defeated Rebecca Sramkova 7-6(1), 6-2 in Doha as we speak.
WTA: Stefano Vukov Will Stay Suspended
Afterward, Rybakina was requested her response to the WTA asserting her former coach, Stefano Vukov will stay provisionally suspended from the Tour.
Extra: Rybakina in Limbo, as Vukov Faces Provisional Suspension from WTA Tour
Final month, Rybakina introduced her intention to re-hire Vukov to her teaching crew. Nonetheless, the WTA declined to credential Vukov for the Australian Open as a result of his provisional suspension.
Yesterday, the WTA introduced an impartial investigation right into a “potential breach of the WTA Code” has wrapped and Vukov will nonetheless be barred from teaching on tour.
“The WTA confirms that the impartial investigation into a possible breach of the WTA Code of Conduct by Stefano Vukov has concluded,” the WTA stated in a press release. “Following this course of, the suspension stays in place.
“To guard the confidentiality and integrity of the investigation and its findings, the WTA is not going to present additional particulars. We stay dedicated to making sure that every one issues are dealt with in a good and goal method in accordance with the WTA Code of Conduct.”
Rybakina informed the media in Doha as we speak she’s disenchanted by the choice and doesn’t plan to debate her ex-coach’s standing.
“I am simply disenchanted with the scenario, and the way the method went. I am not going to remark a lot on that any extra,” Rybakina stated after her Qatar Whole Energies Open victory. “I am specializing in my matches, and after I go on the courtroom I am considering solely about the way in which I must play, so I am concentrating on myself, and likewise, after all, on the opponent.
“Positively, it is not the very best time, however as I stated, I am all the time specializing in my matches and need to carry out as greatest as I can.”
that second set efficiency🤩Rybakina seals her spot within the quarterfinals, defeating Sramkova 7-6(1), 6-2!#QatarTotalEnergiesOpen pic.twitter.com/S2Iohq3hgQ
— wta (@WTA) February 12, 2025
The 25-year-old Rybakina and Vukov labored collectively for about 5 years earlier than splitting final August. Rybakina employed Corridor of Famer Goran Ivanisevic, Novak Djokovic’s ex-coach, in December. Ivanisevic stepped down after the Australian Open and Rybakina’s introduced intention to rehire Vukov.
Presently, former ATP professional Davide Sanguinetti is teaching Rybakina. Sanguinetti famously defeated a younger Roger Federer within the 2002 Milan remaining.
Rybakina will face both former world No. 1 Iga Swiatek or Linda Noskova for a Doha semifinal spot.
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