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- Aryna Sabalenka was eliminated from the French Open on Wednesday, June 3, after a loss to No. 25 seed Diana Shnaider of Russia
- Sabalenka said she wants to “quit tennis right now” during her press conference after the loss
- “I guess mentally, I got into a very deep, deep dark hole over there, and I just couldn’t get back on track mentally,” Sabalenka said of the loss
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But despite the stunning loss, Sabalenka said she will bounce back — and maybe take out her anger by “destroying stuff.”
“Well, what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger, I guess,” she told reporters. “At some point, I’ll figure out the situation and we’ll get back tougher. By the way, I just figured out how I can overcome it — one of those rooms where you go in and smash everything. Probably I’ll spend a whole day tomorrow over there destroying stuff. Maybe it’ll help, maybe not.”
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