EMMA RADUCANU broke down in tears before being dumped out of a desert event at midnight.
The Brit, 22, lost the opening two games of set one against Karolina Muchova in round two of the Dubai Tennis Championships.
She then rushed up to the umpire and hid behind the chair momentarily before drying her eyes with a towel.
“It’s meant to be a fun game,” said the watching Sky Sports commentator.
And a fan – who appeared to shout out something towards Raducanu on court 2 – was then ejected from the venue by security staff.
Once the incident was over, Raducanu quickly resumed the match but had to come from 4-0 down and then 5-2 behind to force a tie-break.
Yet she then wasted a set point before falling 1-0 down on the scoreboard after 73 minutes to the former French Open finalist.
Muchova, 28, ended up winning 7-6 6-4 on a day interrupted by rain delays and the No.14 seed will now play McCartney Kessler, who shocked American world no.3 Coco Gauff 6-4 7-5.
This was Raducanu’s 13th wildcard in 18 WTA tournaments and her fifth defeat in six matches.
It is unlikely she will take another invitational spot before heading to the US hard courts of Indian Wells and Miami next month.
Raducanu had ended a run of four straight defeats in the first round.
And she was delighted with that 6-4 6-2 defeat of Greece’s Maria Sakkari.
Raducanu said: “I was really pleased with how I fought and competed against Maria
“She’s a top player, been as high as three in the world. I’m just really proud of my performance.”
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