The terrible collapse of Paolini in the WTA ranking

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Jasmine Paolini is experiencing a terrible crisis of results, which has worsened at the WTA Eastbourne with her first-round defeat against Tatjana Maria with a scoreline of 6-4 6-3. The Italian tennis player has not won two consecutive matches since March, leading to a drastic drop in the WTA ranking.

Paolini was the number 1 seed in Eastbourne, but this early defeat will push her down to the 17th spot in the ranking, leaving the top 15 for the first time since February 2024. It is further evidence that the Italian player is struggling to reach her best level, with concerning performances in recent tournaments right before Wimbledon, where she was a finalist in 2024. Nowadays, she is a shadow of what she was back then, although there are several reasons behind it.

The injury that is weighing on Paolini

Obviously, the first factor is mental, as Jasmine has been gradually sinking as she fails to reach the final rounds of any tournament. In fact, her best result in 2026 has been semifinals at the WTA 500 in Merida. It is also worth mentioning that in recent weeks, she has suffered a severe foot injury that has further affected her, arriving at the worst possible time for her interests.

In fact, Paolini had not played a match since her second-round defeat at Roland Garros and had been dealing with these physical issues since the WTA 1000 in Rome. At 30 years old, the Italian tennis player is going through one of the most critical moments of her career in recent years, and most worrying is that in the second half of the year, she defends several ranking points having reached several important finals, so the situation could become even more dramatic.

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