No. 4 seed Jasmine Paolini got crushed in the Doha round-of-16, while sixth-seeded Jessica Pegula enjoyed a good day at the office and progressed into the quarterfinal. The Italian, who made two ...

Jasmine Paolini was left in tears before crashing out of the Dubai Tennis Championships. The reigning champion fell and hurt herself at the start of the second set and took a medical time out.

A year ago in Dubai, Jasmine Paolini looked finished. She was down 6-4, 4-2 to Beatriz Haddad Maia in the first round, her chances slipping away. “Yeah," Paolini said recently. “And 15-40, something ...