The controversy related to coach Jelena Rybakina – Stefano Vukov – has been going on for several months. The tennis player ended cooperation with the Croatian last autumn, just before the US Open. She hired Goran Ivanisevici, then in January she restored Vukov to the staff, which was not accepted by her new trainer, who quickly said goodbye to Kazaszka. The agent did the same. In the meantime, it was revealed that Vukov was supposed to humiliate, harass and abuse Rybakina mentally.
The whole world quotes the words of Świątek. This is the voice of the truth
The whole matter was finally dealt with by the WTA organization, which recently announced the extension of Stefano Vukov's suspension, which will last a round year. An investigation was conducted, as a result of which such a decision. “To protect the confidentiality and integrity of the investigation and its findings, WTA will not give further details. We commit ourselves to ensure that all matters will be considered in an honest and objective manner, in accordance with the Code of WTA proceedings,” the federation said. In connection with the penalty of Vukov, he cannot be in the boxing player during matches.
Contrary to appearances, Jelena Rybakina still stubbornly defends his trainer. – I can only say that I am disappointed with the situation, and how the whole process went. I am not going to speak more about this issue – commented the tennis player before the match with Iga Świątek in Dosze.
Just before the start of the struggle on WTA 1000 Dubai, the Polish tennis player took the voice in the Vukov scandal. – I think that everyone should respect the WTA decision, because I believe that the investigation was conducted in accordance with all rules. Every trainer, personal or not, should follow the rules of ethics if he wants to be part of the WTA Tour. I hope that the federation is doing everything to create a safe environment for us – she said.
Her words immediately began to quote the largest foreign media. “Iga Świątek supported the WTA decision to exclude coach Jelena Rybakina. She stated that the rules must be observed” – we read on the portal tennisuptodate.com. “Świątek shared the opinion of Coco Gauff, emphasizing that the WTA decision should be respected,” wrote in turn Sportskeeda.com journalists, who also cited the words of the Polish woman.
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There were also votes from Russia, where no comment was tempted, but only the statement of the world ranking was cited. – “Everyone must respect this decision.” Iga Świątek about the suspension of the former Rybakina coach – was written in the title in Championat.com. Our tennis player's reaction was also recorded at Kazakh Sports.KZ and the Russian “sport”. Both Świątek and Rybakin will play in Dubai in the coming days.