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The coach of former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina released harsh words against the WTA and, at the same time, defended the players of the women’s tennis association. This happened after the controversy continued over the situation that arose before the start of the WTA in Tokyo, relating to the byes.
When the main draw was published, Elena Rybakina, who then withdrew from the tournament, lost the chance to skip the first round against Maria Sakkari and Caroline Garcia, who reached at least as far as the semi-finals in the previous tournament in Guadalajara.
The Kazakh tennis player protested the rule, however leaving the scene announcing her withdrawal due to a physical condition that was not yet 100%.ù
Elena Rybakina’s coach rips WTA!
The coach of the Wimbledon winner, Stefano Vukov, also intervened on the issue through a message on social media.
He explained: “Just to be clear, there is no explanation of what a performance bye is. What does this mean? Do we add byes to help players perform? Or do we remove the ranking gained from byes? And the ranking itself is not a sign of performance?
Last year we came from a final in Europe and played in Japan 2 days…
