Feb. 11—BEMIDJI — Bemidji State women's tennis freshman Mia Leshem was named the NSIC Player of the Week Tuesday afternoon. Leshem earns her first conference accolade and is the first BSU women's tennis student-athlete to be recognized as the league's player of the week since Sophie Groen on Feb. 8, 2022. In her first collegiate matches, Leshem went 3-0 in singles and 2-1 in doubles as the ...

The suspension of Elena Rybakina's former coach Stefano Vukov “remains in place," the WTA Tour said Tuesday after confirming it had completed its investigation into a potential breach of its code of conduct. “The WTA confirms that the independent investigation into a potential breach of the WTA code of conduct by Stefano Vukov has concluded,” it said in a statement. To protect the confidentiality and integrity of the investigation and its findings, the WTA will not provide further details.

US tennis chiefs announced a radical overhaul of the US Open's mixed doubles on Tuesday, unveiling plans to stage the competition as a standalone event in the week before the main men's and women's singles draws get under way.US Open organizers had already announced another change to the tournament recently, with the main draw for the fortnight now starting on a Sunday.

The WTA Tour has banned Stefano Vukov, Elena Rybakina’s former coach, from coaching and from obtaining credentials for professional tennis events. The organization did not specify the length of the suspension or how Vukov violated its rules, but two sources briefed on the WTA investigation, who like all the sources in this story spoke on the condition of anonymity to protect relationships in tennis, said it is a one-year ban. In a statement, the WTA said: “The WTA confirms that the independent i