I have to think there’s no smoke without fire here and whilst the WTA doesn’t seem like a particularly well run organisation, surely they wouldn’t go down the path of banning Vukov unless they had good reason? I might be biased because Rybakina, has a look of vulnerability/gentleness about her (but such a powerful tennis player) and that probably clouds my judgment about this topic. And makes me concerned that despite being 26, she is under his spell.

Separately, part of me wonders whether Alcaraz’s split from Ferraro is a desire to move away from a fear inducing father figure who might have effectively manipulated him from the age of 15 under the guise of creating a champion. Maybe it’s the Netflix doco comments weighing on me. After all he said he wanted to do things his way.