Emma Raducanu was visibly upset throughout a match on the Dubai Tennis Championships – after being approached by a person displaying “fixated behaviour”.
The 22-year-old was in tears as she went to the umpire’s chair after the second recreation of her rain-delayed second-round match on Tuesday and went on to lose 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 to 14th seed Karolina Muchova.
The person was subsequently faraway from the tennis court docket by safety.
Regarding the incident, the Ladies’s Tennis Affiliation (WTA) assertion mentioned: “On Monday, February 17, Emma Raducanu was approached in a public space by a person who exhibited fixated behaviour.
“This similar particular person was recognized within the first few rows throughout Emma’s match on Tuesday on the Dubai Obligation Free Tennis Championships and subsequently ejected.
“He will probably be banned from all WTA occasions pending a menace evaluation.
“Participant security is our high precedence, and tournaments are suggested on safety greatest practices for worldwide sporting occasions.
The WTA added it was “actively working” with Raducanu to make sure her well-being and can present any “mandatory assist”.
In 2022, a 35-year-old man was handed a five-year restraining order – after a court docket heard Raducanu was “consistently trying over her shoulder” and now not felt “secure in her own residence”.
Amrit Magar had walked 23 miles to Emma’s house and had stolen her father’s shoe as a memento.
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Bromley Magistrates’ Court docket heard how Magar went to Raducanu’s house on three separate events, loitered exterior, left undesirable presents and playing cards, and stole property from their porch.
The court docket additionally heard from Raducanu via a sufferer affect assertion learn by prosecutors – which mentioned that her dad and mom had been “reluctant” to let her exit on her personal.
The restraining order, handed to Magar by District Decide Sushil Kumar, bans him from contacting Raducanu and her dad and mom.
