In the Australian Open Round of 16 on Sunday, No. 7-ranked Elena Rybakina takes on No. 14 Madison Keys.Rybakina secured a two-set victory over Dayana Yastremska (6-3, 6-4) in the Round of 32 in
Goran Ivanisevic has announced that he will not continue working with Elena Rybakina in the wake of everything that has happened since the start of the year.
Rybakina hired Ivanisevic ahead of last year's WTA Finals and they started working together in the off-season. But their partnership was marred when the Kazakh rehired her former coach, Stefano Vukov, and news broke that Vukov was suspended by the WTA pending investigation.
The No. 6 seed missed multiple break points to seize the advantage in the third set and Keys profited to move into the quarterfinals.
On Tuesday tennis great Goran Ivanisevic announced the partnership between the pair was also coming to an end. Ivanisevic took to Instagram to confirm the pair had elected to go their separate ways following her Australian Open exit.
Rybakina had announced on January 1 via social media that Stefano Vukov would be rejoining her team for the 2025 season.
Elena Rybakina and Goran Ivanisevic will not move forward with their collaboration after two tour-level events together. Ivanisevic confirmed the test phase had ended on his Instagram story Tuesday with a brief message. “After our trial period that finished with Australian Open, I wish Elena and her team the best of luck moving forward,” he wrote.
Former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina needed only 53 minutes to storm past junior world No.1 Emerson Jones 6-1, 6-1 in the first round of the Australian Open.
Elena Rybakina's partnership with Goran Ivanisevic didn't last long, as the two split after the conclusion of the 2025 Australian Open. Rybakina's coaching situation has been quite complicated for
Tennis Hot Topics Goran Ivanisevic has confirmed he is no longer coaching former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina amid an ongoing investigation into another one of her
Goran Ivanisevic has stepped down as Elena Rybakina’s coach after her fourth-round exit from the Australian Open, the former announced on Tuesday. The No. 6 seed Rybakina, who was the 2023 Australian Open finalist,