“Maybe they had such a fight that Elena Rybakina approached WTA” – Aryna Sabalenka’s coach Anton Dubrov speculates about…see more

“Maybe they had such a fight that Elena Rybakina approached WTA” – Aryna Sabalenka’s coach Anton Dubrov speculates about Stefano Vukov’s reported ban

Aryna Sabalenka’s coach Anton Dubrov has shared his thoughts on Elena Rybakina’s former coach Stefano Vukov’s removal from the WTA’s official coaches list and reported ban from tour. Dubrov also speculated about the potential reasons behind such a decision.
Rybakina announced her split with Vukov just days before the US Open. The scrutiny surrounding the abrupt end of their partnership intensified when tennis journalist Sonya Tartakova made shocking claims about the “pressure, insults, and bad words” that the World No. 4 endured from Vukov.In a recent interview with Championat, Aryna Sabalenka’s coach Anton Dubrov weighed in on these reports, revealing that the issue wasn’t discussed openly on tour because coaching teams respected one another’s privacy.

“I saw it on social networks. This is not discussed within the tour. Since tennis is an individual sport, the teams remain within themselves due to competition. And it is rare that you enter into another team’s personal spaces,” Dubrov said.
Nevertheless, Dubrov speculated about the reasons behind Vukov’s reported ban from the tour, suggesting that the Croatian may have asked to be removed from the official list in a “fit of emotion” or that Rybakina could have made the request to the WTA after a “fight” with her former coach.

“This may be so, but I don’t understand what the prerequisites could be. Sometimes, when a person finishes working with someone, he can write to the WTA in a fit of emotion, asking them to remove him from everything. Maybe it was his request. Maybe they had such a fight that she (Elena Rybakina) approached the WTA and said to remove his name, that he was coaching her,” he said.