‘I have never made any complaints’

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MELBOURNE. — 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.

Rybakina split with Vukov in August, just days ahead of the US Open, before appointing Goran Ivanisevic in November but added her long-time coach back into her team this month.

Vukov, who is currently being investigated by the WTA and cannot obtain a credential to its tournaments, denies wrongdoing and told The Athletic he “never abused anyone” after the outlet first reported the provisional ban.

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“I don’t agree with a lot of things the WTA do in the sense of my relationship with Stefano,” Rybakina told reporters.

“I have never made any complaints or any of these things. I always said that he never mistreated me.

“I don’t really want to speak about this any more. I want to focus on my matches here.”

Rybakina, who won the 2022 Wimbledon title under Vukov, did not specify his role in her team and said that it was unfair of the tennis community to be commenting on the situation.

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