In the Australian Open Round of 16 on Sunday, No. 7-ranked Elena Rybakina takes on No. 14 Madison Keys.Rybakina secured a two-set victory over Dayana Yastremska (6-3, 6-4) in the Round of 32 in
The No. 6 seed missed multiple break points to seize the advantage in the third set and Keys profited to move into the quarterfinals.
Elena Rybakina didn't hide that she was frustrated over not having Stefano Vukov in her box during the Australian Open and also indicated that continuing her partnership with Goran Ivanisevic isn't set in stone. On Monday, the world No. 7 saw her run at Melbourne Park end in the round-of-16 after USA's Madison Keys handed her a 6-3 1-6 6-3 defeat.
Aryna Sabalenka recently urged his team members to take inspiration from Elena Rybakina's coach Stefano Vukov and get a matching tiger tattoo.
On Tuesday tennis great Goran Ivanisevic announced the partnership between the pair was also coming to an end. Ivanisevic took to Instagram to confirm the pair had elected to go their separate ways following her Australian Open exit.
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.
Rybakina had announced on January 1 via social media that Stefano Vukov would be rejoining her team for the 2025 season.
Former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina needed only 53 minutes to storm past junior world No.1 Emerson Jones 6-1, 6-1 in the first round of the Australian Open.
Rybakina hired Ivanisevic ahead of last year's WTA Finals and they started working together in the off-season. But their partnership was marred when the Kazakh rehired her former coach, Stefano Vukov, and news broke that Vukov was suspended by the WTA pending investigation.
The Australian Open women's final will feature the two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka, aiming for her fourth Grand Slam title, against Madison Keys, a surprise finalist after defeating
Australia's tennis women will have to get past Elena Rybakina-fired Kazakhstan and Colombia on one home qualifying weekend if they are to make the finals of the revamped Billie Jean King Cup in China.