Pam Shriver called out Elena Rybakina returning Stefano Vukov to her team and Donna Vekic seemingly agreed with the 1976 US Open runner-up since she re-posted the American's comments.
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On Thursday, the 2022 Wimbledon champion announced that the Croatian coach was set to rejoin her team after the two ended their five-year partnership in August.
Following the split, there were some rumors indicating that the Kazakh was dealing with verbal abuse and that the 37-year-old was removed from the WTA coaches list.
However, that claim was rebuffed by Rybakina at the WTA Finals, when she laughed it off as "rumors."
But some still don't believe the 25-year-old and weren't happy with her latest move.
"Its time for our entire sport to finally stand up to known abuse and cult like manipulations of players. This is a very sad situation and my prayers are with ER," Shriver wrote on X.
While the 1976 US Open finalist is not Vekic's full-time coach, she has been assisting and mentoring the Paris Olympics silver medalist for the past couple of years.
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Shriver urged Rybakina in the past to fire Vukov, the WTA star brutally responded
During the Kazakh's 2023 Australian Open semifinal match against Victoria Azarenka, the former world No. 3 made a very strong and harsh comment about the Croatian coach, which drew major attention.
"As I watch Rybakina try to win her second major in 7 months, I hope she finds a coach who speaks and treats her with respect at ALL times and does not ever accept anything less," the former American tennis player wrote on X at the time.
After seeing how much attention it was receiving and what people were saying about her coach, the current world No. 6 issued a lengthy Instagram post, in which she spoke very positively and highly of the Croatian.
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In the post, the former world No. 3 never directly mentioned Shriver but it was clear who she was addressing.
When doing so, Rybakina ripped the American's comments by stating to "please disregard any fake news."
