Grand Slam doubles legend Rennae Stubbs thinks Stefano Vukov's return to Elena Rybakina's team would also mean the end of the Kazakh's partnership with Goran Ivanisevic because the latter would "not stand being a part of a dysfunctional relationship.

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, coach of former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina, has been provisionally suspended due to a breach of WTA’s Code of Conduct, the governing body for women’s tennis confirmed on Friday.

Sixth-ranked Elena Rybakina has defended her former coach Stefano Vukov after he was provisionally suspended by the WTA as the governing body investigates a potential breach of its code of conduct.

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

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.

Elena Rybakina has confirmed rumors and she is indeed back to working with coach Stefano Vukov just four months after a split that occurred in pretty mysterious circumstances. At the start of the week, Russian tennis insider Sofya Tartakova claimed that the Croatian coach was set to accompany the Kazakh tennis star at Melbourne Park.

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

Former Wimbledon champion and World No 6 Elena Rybakina has defended her former coach Stefano Vukov after he was previously suspended by the women’s tennis tour (WTA). The Athletic reported on Thursday that Vukoc has been suspended by the WTA while it investigates a potential breach of its code of conduct,

A Russian tennis insider dropped a bombshell as Stefano Vukov is reportedly set to accompany Elena Rybakina during the Australian Open. In August - just three days before the start of the US Open - the world No. 6 fired her coach of five years under mysterious circumstances.

A lot has happened in the last week for Rybakina, not in a good way. Firstly, she announced on her Instagram that her ex-coach, Stefano Vukov, will join her team for the 2025 season.