Aryna Sabalenka has been warned her disastrous French Open collapse against Diana Shnaider could leave an indelible mark on her mentality as she heads into the grass court season.<\/p>\n
Sabalenka<\/a> lost 10 successive games to crash out of Roland Garros, as the world No 1 admitted she could not control her emotions as the match slipped through her fingers.<\/p>\n \u201cNo thoughts, no emotions. I just want to quit tennis right now, but we\u2019ll see in a few days. Hopefully I\u2019ll get back on track mentally,\u201d Sabalenka \u2060said at her post-match press conference.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel I had very decent opportunities in the second set. I screwed \u200bup, and then she stepped in and she played great.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel mentally I couldn\u2019t really recover after the second set. \u200bI think that was the biggest mistake from me.<\/p>\n Aryna Sabalenka told she \u2018lacked humility\u2019 in French Open collapse by tennis great<\/a><\/p>\n Aryna Sabalenka facing a huge crisis after French Open shocker left big question marks<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know when the last time was that I lost 10 games in a row. I guess mentally I got into a very deep, dark hole over there \u200cand I just couldn\u2019t get back on track mentally.<\/p>\n \u201cI actually have to step back and try to find a solution, because I just am so tired of me losing some matches not in the best way just because I was overemotional.\u201d<\/p>\n Now former British No 1 Greg Rusedski has joined the debate over what comes next for Sabalenka, as he believes the manner of her defeat in Paris will leave a lasting mark.<\/p>\n \u201cShe had no emotional control out there,\u201d said Rusedski on his podcast.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cShe didn\u2019t have any rituals, any way to calm down, to find solutions. She\u2019s a great champion. She\u2019s a great player, but that\u2019s the one aspect in her game that lets her down, as we saw against Coco (Gauff) last year in the final.<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019ve gotta find a way to control it at the biggest moments and the tournament that she struggles is in Paris. Last year she should have won. This year the draw was decimated again on her side, but she lost it mentally. She didn\u2019t come through.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is gonna cause scar tissue because it\u2019s back to back years it happens. Will it affect her at Wimbledon? Possibly. US Open, I don\u2019t think so, because that\u2019s usually her favorite Slam to play with the Australian Open.<\/p>\n \u201cBut is she ever going to win the French Open? And is she ever going to win Wimbledon? That\u2019s the big question. Or will she have a great bounce back like Jannick Sinner did at Wimbledon last year?\u201d<\/p>\n Rusedski went on to suggest the mental strength of a player is as important as their racket skills as he added: \u201cYou head is the most important thing and that is what\u2019s let her down two years in a row.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not the tennis. The tennis is there, but she just lost control of her emotions and didn\u2019t find a way through.<\/p>\n \u201cIt gets harder every time this happens to you. Either create a good habit or you create a bad habit. And in Paris, the last two losses haven\u2019t gone the way. Not because of her tennis, but because of her emotional control.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Aryna Sabalenka \u2018didn\u2019t learn much from Coco Gauff match\u2019, says former world No 1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The post Aryna Sabalenka \u2018scar tissue\u2019 claim fuels fears Roland Garros shocker will leave lasting mark<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Aryna Sabalenka has been warned her disastrous French Open collapse against Diana Shnaider could leave an indelible mark on her mentality as she heads into the grass court season. 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