Beatrice Haddad Maia crashed out in the first round of the WTA Dubai after a three-set defeat with a score of 6-4, 4-6, 0-6.

Beatrice Haddad Maia was defeated by Jasmine Paolini in the first round of the WTA Dubai

Beatrice Haddad Maia (14 WTA) was eliminated from the first round of the WTA tournament in Dubai.

The athlete from Brazil was defeated by Jasmine Paolini (24 WTA) at the end of the match, which lasted exactly two hours.

Haddad Maya lost the decider 6-0.

In the next round, Jasmine Paolini will meet the winner of the duel between Leila Fernandez (38 WTA) and Bernarda Pera (83 WTA).

The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships runs from February 18 to 24 on hard, is part of the “WTA 1000” category and has a total prize pool of $3,211,715. Simona Halep won the tournament in 2015 and 2020, and the reigning champion is Barbora Krejcikova.

The main favorites from Dubai: Iga Svyatek (1), Aryna Sabalenko (2), Coco Gauf (3), Olena Rybakina (4), Ons Jaber (5), Qinwen Zheng (6), Marketa Vondrousova (7), Maria Sakkari ( 8).