LONDON — The suspension of Elena Rybakina’s former coach Stefano Vukov “stays in place,” the WTA Tour stated Tuesday after confirming it had accomplished its investigation into a possible breach of its code of conduct.
The governing physique didn’t specify how for much longer Vukov, who had been provisionally suspended initially, would stay banned. The Croatian coach has denied wrongdoing.
Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion, stated final month on the Australian Open that Vukov “by no means mistreated me ” of their years working collectively and that she disagreed with the provisional suspension.
“The WTA confirms that the unbiased investigation into a possible breach of the WTA code of conduct by Stefano Vukov has concluded,” it stated in a press release. “Following this course of, the suspension stays in place. To guard the confidentiality and integrity of the investigation and its findings, the WTA won’t present additional particulars. We stay dedicated to making sure that every one issues are dealt with in a good and goal method in accordance with the WTA code of conduct.”
The seventh-ranked Rybakina’s teaching state of affairs has been difficult in current months.
She introduced simply earlier than final yr’s U.S. Open that she not was working with Vukov and stated forward of this season that her new coach could be 2001 Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic.
However Rybakina stated earlier than the Australian Open that Vukov could be rejoining her group. At the moment, the WTA famous that Vukov was underneath provisional suspension and ineligible to acquire a WTA credential, stopping him from going into player-only areas at tournaments equivalent to apply courts or coaching areas.
After Rybakina misplaced within the fourth spherical at Melbourne Park, Ivanisevic introduced that he was not teaching her.
