Want to quit tennis right now: Sabalenka drops a bomb after stunning exit

Key points

• The chair came first.
• Aryna Sabalenka sank into it, red Nike shirt, red eyes, the posture of someone trying very hard to hold something together.
• Court Philippe-Chatrier had just watched the world No. 1 lose 10 consecutive games - including a 6-0 final set - to Diana Shnaider, a 25th seed playing in her first Grand Slam quarterfinal.
• Roland Garros, the one major that has always slipped the knot, had done so again.
• This time, it looked as though it had taken something with it.