Sabalenka says she fell into ‘deep, dark hole’ mentally in Paris shock

Aryna Sabalenka said she fell into a “deep, dark hole” during her three-sets loss to Russian Diana Shnaider in the French Open quarter-finals on Wednesday, after the world number one let her opportunities slip in the second set.

The Belarusian handled the blustery conditions to win the opening set, forged a commanding lead in the second and was two points away from victory, when the contest began to turn and Shnaider won the last 10 games to prevail 3-6 7-5 6-0....