Elena rakina has withdrawn from another tournament after confirming she will play no further part in the US Open with rumors swirling around why the world no four has pulled out of the final grand slam of the Year this is the eighth time she has withdrawn from a tournament due to illness or a fatigue issue in 2024 and it comes after news broke that she had split with longtime coach Stefan vukov unfortunately I have to withdraw from my match today due to my injuries said rakina in a statement I did not want to finish the last grand slam of the Year this way but I have to listen to my body and I hope I can close out the remainder of the Year Strong thank you to all the fans who have and continue to support me and I wish the remaining players good luck there has been some concern over Ray bakina S Health after her appearance at a press conference after her first round match where she was very guarded over the split with vukov well of course it is different she said when asked how it felt to play a match without vukov we worked for 5 years but still I got support from Yuri shukin we talked about the tactic and everything so I was prepared for the match I don't T want to talk about it too much but yeah that was our decision to split I will let you know guys if my Coach situation is going to change former world no one doubles player Renee stubs appeared to hint at the rumors Rippling through the tennis Grapevine when she spoke about Ry bina's US Open withdrawal as she suggested there is more to this story than we currently know what going on with her I think it's a lot more than we realize stubs told ESPN the RS something obviously going on here I don't you want to speculate but this is a very unusual situation