World number five Elena Rybakina has hit back at former doubles world number one Pam Shriver regarding her comments about her former coach Stefano Vukov.

Elena Rybakina defends suspended coach Stefano Vukov - Rybakina announced earlier this month she has rehired Vukov, who is provisionally suspended by the WTA.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion, said Saturday 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.

Vukov is barred from obtaining coaching or Grand Slam credentials, but Rybakina wants him back on her team — and could boycott the WTA.

Elena Rybakina repeated in her Australian Open pre-tournament press conference that she was "never mistreated" by Stefano Vukov and also blasted Pam Shriver for making some claims when she even doesn't know her personally.

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.

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

Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion, said Saturday 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.

Former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina said on Saturday she had not complained about her former coach Stefano Vukov before his provisional suspension by the governing body of women's tennis for a potential code of conduct breach.

World number six Elena Rybakina says she "does not agree" with her former coach Stefano Vukov being banned from the upcoming Australian Open.

Elena Rybakina has strongly responded to comments made by former Wimbledon champion Pam Shriver, as the ongoing controversy surrounding her suspended coach, Stefano Vukov, intensifies.