NEW YORK -- Just seconds after the Australian Open final had concluded in January, Aryna Sabalenka smashed her racket by her chair on the court in disgust.

Madison Keys had pulled off the upset -- and Sabalenka just missed out on winning her third consecutive title at the major. Her disappointment could be felt through television screens around the world.

Sabalenka had her chance for major glory yet again, just months later, in the final at Roland Garros. She lost there too, this time to Coco Gauff , and she couldn't hide her anger in a postmatch speech and news conference, both of which soon went viral for all the wrong reasons .

Weeks later, at Wimbledon, she fell to Amanda Anisimova in the semifinals in a three-set thriller. She left the court, and the tournament, dejected a

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