Overview
- At Roland Garros Sabalenka suffered a dramatic quarter-final collapse to Diana Shnaider that ended 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 and she told reporters she wanted to “quit tennis right now.”
- Sabalenka has said she contacted a former psychologist she previously worked with and is doing deeper mental-health sessions while preparing to play in Berlin on grass.
- Performance coach Jason Stacy said he had not spoken to her between the loss and the press interview and described the ‘quit’ comment as a fresh, emotional reaction rather than a long-term decision.
- Stacy acknowledged the team’s clay-court scheduling choices “didn’t work out” and said they will review timing, energy management, and preparation going forward.
- Despite the setback, Sabalenka enters the grass season as world No. 1 with big early-2026 titles behind her, and Berlin will be framed as both a tactical warm-up and an immediate test of the psychological reset.