Goran Ivanisevic has quit as Elena Rybakina ’s coach after her exit from the Australian Open. His departure comes in the wake of Rybakina’s previous coach, Stefano Vukov, rejoining her team.
No. 19 seed Madison Keys scored the big upset on Day 9 of the Australian Open, defeating No. 6 Elena Rybakina 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 at Margaret Court Arena to advance to the tournament quarterfinals.
Madison Keys stunned sixth seed Elena Rybakina in her fourth round fixture of the Australian Open 2025 beating her 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 at the Margaret Court Arena.
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.
The problem for the 2023 finalist at Melbourne Park follows a season where she was plagued by injury and illness. Rybakina’s build-up to Wimbledon in the summer was hampered by acute bronchitis, which also caused her to withdraw from the Paris Olympics.
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.
Goran Ivanisevic said he has ended his short stint as coach of former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina after the Kazakh went out in the fourth round of the Australian Open.
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.
Goran Ivanisevic will no longer be coaching Elena Rybakina after her premature exit at the Australian Open. This announcement comes on the heels of a disappointing fourth-round defeat to Madison
Tennis star and Rock Island native Madison Keys is off to a hot start right now as she competes in the Australian Open.
Goran Ivanisevic has decided to quit his partnership with the former Wimbledon champion, Elena Rybakina after less than one month with the United Cup and Australian Open being the only tournaments