The female tennis star and the US Open champion of 2021, Emma Raducanu, spoke openly of an incident at the Dubai tennis championships last month, when she had to stop playing after discovering a man who had tracked her down was in the crowd. Raducanu will return to Indian Wells in competition, where she will have increased security for her personal safety.
During the Raducanu match in the second round in Dubai, an unexplained judgment occurred when Raducanu approached the referee’s chair after the second match, saying a few words before held in the space between the back of the official chair and the barrier of the barrier adjacent to the court. ROWS OF THE STGHES. The man approached him twice in public in Dubai and was also present in his matches in Singapore, Abu Dhabi and Doha in a few weeks before.
A fan with a “ fixed behavior ” towards Emma Raducanu was ejected to the Dubai championships, prohibited from WTA events
Steven Taranto
The man was expelled from the match and held by Dubai police. Although Raducanu has chosen to drop the accusations against him, the individual in question was prohibited from all WTA tournaments.
“I was obviously very distraught,” Raducanu told journalists in Indian wells. “I saw him in the first game of the match and I said to myself:” I don’t know how I’m going to end up. “I could literally not see the ball through tears.
Unfortunately, this is not the first time that Raducanu has been dealing with the stalkers. Adolescent, Raducanu was tracked down in his family home in London by a 35 -year -old who was then arrested and made a five -year ban order against him. After this last incident, Raducanu took a week in tennis leave, explaining that she had crossed an “emotional moment” and now feels much better.
Raducanu, who finally lost his match in Dubai 7-6 (6), 6-4, should play Moyuka Uchijima in Japan in the first round in Indian Wells. A victory would make her advance in a match against Coco Gauff, the third seeded.
