Elena Rybakina had made a lot of headlines earlier this year when reports about the conduct of her coach, Stefano Vukov , emerged. Even though he was time and again accused of behaving badly with Rybakina and harassing her, the latter only denied the accusations.

Vukov was initially banned for a year, but upon appeal, the ban was overturned after seven months. The Croatian is now part of Rybakina’s box at the US Open .

Rybakina will be playing the US Open fourth round for the first time in her career. On Friday (August 29), she breezed past Emma Raducanu 6-1, 6-2, and at the press conference later, she was asked about Vukov.

This year I tried with a new coach. Didn’t work out in the beginning, so the results were not the same as previous years. But for now, I think we are manag

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