Elena Rybakina crushed Australian wildcard Emerson Jones 6-1 6-1 to succeed in the Australian Open second spherical however coach Stefano Vukov did not sit in her field.
Going into the Pleased Slam, there was a whole lot of adverse consideration on the Kazakh after she returned the 37-year-old to her workforce, solely to be revealed by the WTA that he was banned from teaching on the Tour as a result of there’s an ongoing investigation into his habits.
Nevertheless, Rybakina did not look distracted a bit throughout her opening match in Melbourne as she fired 11 aces and had 26 winners.
Elena Rybakina© Australian Open/Instagram – Honest Use
Within the first set, the No. 6 seed broke the 16-year-old rising star twice earlier than incomes three extra breaks within the subsequent set to finish a dominant straight-set win.
“Very happy with the performance, with the way I served also today. Looking forward for the next match,” the 2023 Australian Open runner-up mentioned following the win.
In her subsequent match, she performs towards one other rising star – world No. 191 Iva Jovic.
Rybakina hoped Vukov would get cleared earlier than the Australian Open
Final week, it was reported that the WTA may conclude their investigation on daily basis so there was an opportunity the Kazakh may have her coach within the field on Day 1.
However when the match began, solely Goran Ivanisevic was there.
In the meantime, Rybakina unloaded on the media but in addition tennis neighborhood members in Melbourne, saying that it was unfair to make assumptions that he was treating her badly when she by no means indicated that may very well be the case.
“But definitely I don’t agree with a lot of things the WTA did in the sense of my relationship with Stefano. As I said before, I have never made any complaints or said any of these things [that the media accused me of saying]. I always said he never mistreated me,” the 25-year-old mentioned in her pre-tournament presser.
