Tennis legend's plea for Rybakina to axe coach

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American tennis fable Pam Shriver has called for Wimbledon victor Elena Rybakina to find a replacement for her under-fire coach.

On Thursday, Rybakina defeated Victoria Azarenka to gain herself a spot successful the Australian Open last where she would spell connected to suffer to Aryna Sabalenka.

Rybakina's triumph implicit Azarenka was overshadowed by her manager Stefano Vukov, who was captured connected the broadcast yelling astatine the Kazakh tennis prima and pointing astatine his head.

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Vukov defended his actions successful the aftermath of the incident, explaining that footage of his outburst lacked context.

That didn't halt Shriver from criticising Vukov successful the midst of Saturday night's Australian Open decider.

She tweeted, "As I ticker Rybakina effort to triumph her 2nd large successful 7 months, I anticipation she finds a manager who speaks and treats her with respect astatine ALL times and does not ever judge thing less."

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Shriver received a substance of replies, and erstwhile it was suggested by 1 idiosyncratic that Rybakina was happy, wrote, "Happy with not being treated respectfully… hmmm not a bully signifier for life."

Dmitry Tursunov, who reached a career-high No.20 successful the men's singles satellite rankings, was among those to respond to Shriver's claim.

"Pam, I person respected you arsenic an entity successful tennis but lately I've seen you constitute a batch of questionable things," the Russian player-turned-coach wrote.

"This 1 has to apical it off. In your quest to vilify random radical successful tennis for unusual reasons, you person openly and publically insulted a antheral who is solely liable for the information that you adjacent cognize who Elena Rybakina is.

"You person zero hint what you are talking astir and astatine the precise slightest beryllium a nationalist apology to a antheral who is simply a large manager successful each consciousness of that word.

"You'd beryllium fortunate to ever scope that level and each subordinate would beryllium fortunate to person idiosyncratic similar that successful their corner.

"The antheral is loyal to his subordinate with each atom of his assemblage and soul. It's a shame you person proved clip and clip again that you are unsighted to spot thing than clump of gestures."

Shriver gave a terse effect of her own.

"You truly deliberation I would tweet if it was lone astir gestures? His words, his actions and his mode towards a young player, often are disrespectful and astir radical person noticed it," she continued.

"45 years successful the crippled seeing and experiencing conscionable astir everything and I don't cognize what I americium talking about?"

Shriver reached No.3 successful women's singles, was satellite No.1 successful doubles, and turned to commentary aft her career.

Her illustrious vocation included 21 doubles expansive slam wins and an Olympic golden medal successful doubles.

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