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 sport 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 area by a man who exhibited fixated behaviour.
“This identical particular person was recognized within the first few rows throughout Emma’s match on Tuesday on the Dubai Responsibility Free Tennis Championships and subsequently ejected.
“He will be banned from all WTA events pending a threat assessment.
“Participant security is our high precedence, and tournaments are suggested on safety greatest practices for worldwide sporting occasions.
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Emma Raduanu beforehand had a stalker and was ‘consistently trying over her shoulder’. Pic: AP Picture/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake
The WTA added it was “actively working” with Raducanu to make sure her well-being and can present any “necessary support”.
In 2022, a 35-year-old man was handed a five-year restraining order – after a court docket heard Raducanu was “constantly looking over her shoulder” and not felt “safe in her own home”.
Amrit Magar had walked 23 miles to Emma’s dwelling and had stolen her father’s shoe as a memento.
Bromley Magistrates’ Court docket heard how Magar went to Raducanu’s dwelling on three separate events, loitered outdoors, left undesirable presents and playing cards, and stole property from their porch.
The court docket additionally heard from Raducanu by way of a sufferer affect assertion learn by prosecutors – which mentioned that her mother and father have been “reluctant” to let her exit on her personal.
The restraining order, handed to Magar by District Choose Sushil Kumar, bans him from contacting Raducanu and her mother and father.
