Aryna Sabalenka will carry the aftershocks of yet another Grand Slam meltdown into Wimbledon as the world No. 1 comes under heightened scrutiny to show her nerve holds when the pressure spikes on the sport¡¯s biggest stage.
The 28-year-old Belarusian was two points from a place in the French Open semifinals earlier this month before collapsing in a defeat against Russian outsider Diana ?Shnaider and later saying that she had descended into a ¡°deep, dark hole¡± mentally.
The loss came a year after her ?runner-up finish ?at Roland Garros, where she let the title slip away, and again cast the spotlight on ?her 2022 decision to move on from a psychologist, though she has since revisited that step.
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