Miami Open: Elena Rybakina’s On-Court Quarrel With Coach Stefano Vukov Extracts Cheeky Reaction From Opponent

Maria Sakkari has been presenting a dominant performance throughout the Miami Open tournament. She was facing off against this Kazakhstani player, Elena Rybakina in the quarterfinals. Suddenly, the camera spotted her dropping a heartwarming reaction to a funny thing that happened during the match.

Sakkari has been presenting a dominant performance throughout the Miami Open tournament. She entered the quarterfinals after her opponent Anna Kalinskaya withdrew from the championship following a thigh injury. In yesterday’s match, both Sakkari and Rybakina offered a tough challenge to each other. Nonetheless, Sakkari’s adorable reaction to Rybakina’s actions brought fans a calm and relaxing moment during the tense match.

Maria Sakkari smiles after seeing Elena Rybakina argue with her coach during the match

A reliable tennis source shared a clip on their Reddit platform, where fans spotted Elena Rybakina having a little argument with her new coach Stefano Vukov during the second set of their game. In this clip, fans found that Rybakina indulged in the conversation with her coach after her opponent Sakkari bagged an advance point. However, the camera also spotted Sakkari having a smile looking at Rybakina and her coach arguing during the match. Sakkari’s reaction was nothing serious but her expressions meant how players go through such disagreements with their coaches all the time.

Sakkari’s funny reaction to Lena & Vukov arguing 🤭😂
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Last month, Sakkari announced splitting up with her long-time coach, Tom Hill. Announcing on their respective social media platforms, both Sakkari and Hill ended their six-year-long professional partnership. Although they ended their collaboration, both Maria Sakkari and Tom Hill expressed great admiration for each other’s tennis brilliance. That is why Sakkari’s expression seeing Rybakina argue with her coach seemed as if she was trying to show how she also had been through this phase.

On the other hand, Rybakina who had a moment of a short feud with her coach, surpassed the battle with Maria Sakkari and successfully moved forward to the semifinals of the ongoing Miami Open tournament.

Elena Rybakina “got a little bit lucky with new balls” to defeat Maria Sakkari at the ongoing Miami Open

Kazakhstani tennis player Elena Rybakina dropped an astonishingly beautiful performance to defeat Maria Sakkari in the quarterfinals of the Miami Open. In this match of three years, Raybakina dropped a 7-5, 6-7(4) and 6-4 to win over the Greek WTA star. Post-victory, Rybakina commented- “I have no words because I’m so tired, It was such a tough battle. I got a little bit lucky with new balls, so it was easier to serve it out … now, I just need to recover.”

Following this victory, Rybakina will reportedly play against Victoria Azarenka in the next round of the tournament. However, her argument with her coach received a priceless reaction from her opponent Sakkari which also delighted the fans’ hearts.

Tennis players and their coaches work as a team. However, these two can have certain disagreements over tennis. Maria Sakkari’s reaction to Rybakina’s argument with her coach Vukov tells that she has been there in Rybakina’s position too. Nevertheless, these disagreements don’t mean something serious but it shows the dedication of both the player and her coach to do better in professional tennis.

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