Particulars on Vukov’s Abuse Emerge in Report from WTA Chief

“Informed by a member of Rybakina’s group that he had been dismissed as her coach and to depart her alone, Vukov as a substitute walked the foyer and hallways of her Manhattan resort. He flooded her cellphone with textual content messages and greater than 100 calls — in line with sources with private {and professional} relationships with Rybakina who have been current on the resort — as he sought one other probability to persuade Rybakina that her tennis profession couldn’t thrive with out him.”

Her three-page abstract additionally mentioned that Vukov had abused Rybakina throughout their time collectively, calling her “silly” and “retarded” as saying that she can be “choosing potatoes” with out him.

Based on the Athletic, WTA chief Portia Archer had additionally develop into involved that Vukov was staying in Rybakina’s resort room in the course of the Australian Open, throughout a time that he was provisionally suspended and denied a credential into the event.

Archer’s three-page letter mentioned there was proof that they stayed in the identical resort room in Melbourne for the Australian Open and that “there’s growing proof that you’re now concerned in a romantic relationship.”

Beneath are a number of the factors of Archer’s abstract of Vukov’s misdeeds, which led to the WTA Tour suspending Vukov for one 12 months on January thirty first, and ordering him to take courses in acceptable teaching habits.

“Participating in abuse of authority and abusive conduct in the direction of the WTA Participant, together with compromising or trying to compromise the psychological, bodily or emotional well-being of the Participant; participating in bodily and verbal abuse of the Participant; and, exploiting your relationship with the Participant for additional private and/or enterprise pursuits on the expense of the very best curiosity of the Participant.”

Rybakina is presently being coached by Davide Sanguinetti, who’s presently in shut contact with Vukov. Vukov has till February twenty first to attraction his suspension.