MELBOURNE — Goran Ivanisevic stated he has ended his brief stint as coach of former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina after the Kazakh went out within the fourth spherical of the Australian Open.
Rybakina employed Ivanisevic, who ended a five-year spell as Novak Djokovic’s coach final 12 months, for the 2025 season final November after she cut up with long-time mentor Stefano Vukov simply days earlier than the US Open.
“After our trial interval that completed with the Australian Open, I want Elena and her workforce better of luck transferring ahead,” 2001 Wimbledon champion Ivanisevic stated on Instagram on Tuesday.
Rybakina had added Vukov again into her workforce earlier this month earlier than the governing WTA stated he was provisionally suspended for a possible code of conduct breach and can’t get hold of a credential to its tournaments whereas being investigated.
Vukov, who guided Rybakina to the title on the All England Membership in 2022, denies any wrongdoing and informed The Athletic he had “by no means abused anybody” after the outlet had first reported the provisional suspension.
Rybakina has additionally stated Vukov had not mistreated her.
Following her 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 defeat by Madison Keys on Monday, Rybakina stated she was not sure about the way forward for her partnership with Ivanisevic.
“Effectively, we nonetheless want to speak after all,” Rybakina stated.
“We simply tried the preseason and a few tournaments. It was one thing we had been simply getting used to one another.”