By Richard Pagliaro | @TennisNow | Monday, February 3, 2025
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Elena Rybakina launches her Abu Dhabi title defense this week with a new coach in her box.
World No. 5 Rybakina has added Italian veteran Davide Sanguinetti to her coaching staff.
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The 52-year-old Sanguinetti previously coached Dinara Safina, Vince Spadea and Brandon Nakashima.
The hiring comes a couple of weeks after Rybakina and former coach Goran Ivanisevic split after she rehired her long-time coach Stefano Vukov back to her team. Vukov was not granted a coaching credential by the WTA as he is still serving a suspension for violating the Tour’s code of conduct.
Former Wimbledon champion Rybakina has ripped the Tour for its handling of coach Vukov’s case.
“I don’t know much. It’s a situation I’m not happy with,” Rybakina told AFP. “But it is what it is but for now, I don’t…
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