Elena Rybakina with her mom, & sister in Ningbo finals
posted by u/Emotional_Pizza_1222 · 2026-10-25 11:35 UTC
## Top comments
1. u/chrysoberyyll · 2026-10-25 11:41 UTC
Anna Rybakina returns, we rejoice 🥹
2. u/dukekaboom69 · 2026-10-25 11:43 UTC
What's the thing between them? Did they have a fight or something?
3. u/chrysoberyyll · 2026-10-25 11:47 UTC
She used to go to all of Elena’s tournaments and then the news broke about Elena’s (somewhat sketchy) relationship with Vukov and neither Anna nor the parents were there for years
And interestingly enough, the tournament where Anna and the mom show up is the one that Vukov didn’t go to………
(Obviously it’s a private matter to them but from the outside, it’s definitely an interesting timeline)
4. u/Excellent-Delay8784 · 2026-10-25 12:10 UTC
I was just about to ask if Vukov has been around. Honestly, I hope she gets rid of him.
5. u/TurnJazzlike7748 · 2026-10-25 12:11 UTC
genuinely stop speculating, we know nothing about these people. Elena and Ann have never stopped interacting on insta, and Ann has a modeling career in Shanghai. She isn't going to follow her sister at tournaments because she has a life of her own.
6. u/GregorSamsaa · 2026-10-25 13:00 UTC
Did you read the investigation that went into Vukov’s suspension?
They had texts, emails, communications, etc from inside her team. Rybakina didn’t submit those, and neither did Vukov. Leaves no one else but her family to have done it. And they all stop showing up after his return.
7. u/TurnJazzlike7748 · 2026-10-25 13:32 UTC
Yes, I did, but how does playing detective on reddit help the issue, exactly?
8. u/mikeupsidedown · 2026-10-25 13:04 UTC
I tried to read it. It isn't public.
9. u/AppropriateRabbit8 · 2026-10-25 13:28 UTC
Here is a link to the article from the athletic, it gives a pretty good summary of what happened:
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6136528/2025/02/18/tennis-elena-rybakina-stefano-vukov-ex-coach-banned-wta/
10. u/ifixputers · 2026-10-25 12:35 UTC
Eh they paint a compelling picture, doesn’t seem like forceful speculation.
11. u/TurnJazzlike7748 · 2026-10-25 12:50 UTC
I don't see anything compelling from this
12. u/atexit8 · 2026-10-25 13:06 UTC
You don't?
LOL You must miss lots of things in your life.
Vukov not there.
Family there.
It's not brain surgery figuring this one.
13. u/TurnJazzlike7748 · 2026-10-25 13:18 UTC
Plus, Vukov wasn't there for plenty of tournaments this year, Toronto just to name one
14. u/atexit8 · 2026-10-25 13:36 UTC
She didn't win Toronto did she?
And because they are likely traveling on Russian passports, it was easier for her family to go to China than Canada.
15. u/TurnJazzlike7748 · 2026-10-25 13:13 UTC
lol you must not know the definition of a coincidence
16. u/atexit8 · 2026-10-25 13:38 UTC
YOU don't know the definition of coincidence.
For something this important, I don't believe in coincidences.
17. u/TurnJazzlike7748 · 2026-10-25 13:40 UTC
"For something this important" do you really hear what you're saying? Please get a life.
18. u/sarmatron · 2026-10-25 13:24 UTC
i think it's fine to speculate as long as you make it clear you're speculating, which the comment you replied to does in my view.
19. u/TurnJazzlike7748 · 2026-10-25 13:29 UTC
well, I think it's extremely annoying, and that's my view. Everytime a post about Elena comes up in this sub there is always a comment trying to figure out the Vukov issue, even when it's unrelated.
20. u/Signmetfup12 · 2026-10-25 14:40 UTC
I agree with you so much.
It’s especially grating when someone brings him up in something totally unrelated just to make a joke in poor taste. As if that situation is anything to make fun of.