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Aryna Sabalenka in action against Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine in the third round of the Miami Open. (Robert Prange/Getty Images)
Aryna Sabalenka in action against Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine in the third round of the Miami Open. (Robert Prange/Getty Images)

A traumatic week for world number two Aryna Sabalenka came to an end with a third round, three set loss in the Miami Open to Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina on Saturday.

The 6-4, 1-6, 6-1 win for the 36th ranked Kalinina prompted Sabalenka, who had kept her emotions in check through both of her games at Hard Rock Stadium, to smash her racket violently three times into the court and she walked off without a handshake with her opponent.

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