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.

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 ...

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 ...