Asanka Brendon Ratnayake for The New York Times
MELBOURNE, Australia — After losing a close third-round match to Sloane Stephens at the Australian Open last week, Petra Martic kept her emotions in check as she walked off the court of Margaret Court Arena. But once she was out of sight of the crowd, in the tunnel connecting the arena to the locker room, she could no longer hide her distress. She stepped into a corner, sunk down against a cinder-block wall and broke down in heaving sobs as she covered her face with a towel.
But she was not hidden at all.