MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion, said Saturday she disagrees with the WTA Tour's decision to provisionally suspend her longtime coach, Stefano Vukov, and reiterated that she never made a complaint about him.

Elena Rybakina defends suspended coach Stefano Vukov - Rybakina announced earlier this month she has rehired Vukov, who is provisionally suspended by the WTA.

Vukov is barred from obtaining coaching or Grand Slam credentials, but Rybakina wants him back on her team — and could boycott the WTA.

World number five Elena Rybakina has hit back at former doubles world number one Pam Shriver regarding her comments about her former coach Stefano Vukov.

Elena Rybakina repeated in her Australian Open pre-tournament press conference that she was "never mistreated" by Stefano Vukov and also blasted Pam Shriver for making some claims when she even doesn't know her personally.

Vukov cannot coach while under investigation and Tennis Australia will not issue him with an accreditation for the upcoming Australian Open.

A Russian tennis insider dropped a bombshell as Stefano Vukov is reportedly set to accompany Elena Rybakina during the Australian Open. In August - just three days before the start of the US Open - the world No. 6 fired her coach of five years under mysterious circumstances.

Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion, said Saturday she disagrees with the WTA Tour's decision to provisionally suspend her longtime coach, Stefano Vukov, and reiterated that she never made a complaint about him.

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.