Elena Rybakina shouldn’t be against the thought of being a coach sooner or later however highlights that she in all probability will not be one to journey full-time with somebody.
Whereas in Miami, the Kazakh tennis star met with Caroline Garcia, Maria Sakkari and Jasmine Paolini. And the 4 tennis stars joined forces for the newest episode of the Frenchwoman’s podcast.
At one level, they began discussing the prospect of teaching after their professional careers had been over. That is when Rybakina hinted that she might return as a coach sooner or later on the Tour earlier than including that she additionally would not have something towards teaching children.
“I may see myself perhaps not touring full-time with somebody, however teaching a junior, an older participant, or an expert. Instructing small children would even be good, but it surely’s laborious to say what I’ll do sooner or later,” the 25-year-old mentioned on The Tennis Insider Membership.
Rybakina was additionally requested which performed she would need as her coach.
“I don’t know, that’s a troublesome one,” the 2022 Wimbledon champion replied.
Rybakina’s personal teaching scenario has been a messy one currently
As you in all probability know, there was loads of drama in regards to the Kazakh’s teaching scenario over the previous half a yr. After splitting with Stefano Vukov and bringing in Goran Ivanisevic, she abruptly returned Vukov to her workforce initially of 2025. That did not sit nicely with Ivanisevic, who left the workforce after solely two tournaments.
Since then, the WTA slapped Vukov, 37, with a one-year ban from teaching and Rybakina reacted by including Dinara Safina’s former coach Davide Sanguinetti to her workforce. In February, Sanguinetti instructed Italian media that he had no points with the 37-year-old and that he could be high-quality with teaching the Kazakh alongside him.
In the meantime, it’s a well-known factor that Rybakina was extraordinarily annoyed with the WTA over their dealing with of the Vukov case and their verdict.
