Emma Raducanu’s current stalking incident prompted Marion Bartoli to share one among her most traumatic experiences on the Tour and reveal how one stalker went to nice lengths to get to her.
Final week in Dubai, the 2021 US Open champion stopped play early in her second-round match and claimed by means of tears that there she seen her stalker within the stands.
After police intervened and extra particulars got here to mild, it was revealed that that very same individual additionally adopted the Briton in Singapore, Abu Dhabi and Doha.
Addressing that, Bartoli shared that she went by means of an analogous state of affairs through the 2007 grass season.
That yr, the previous world No. 7 seen that one individual – who did not have credentials – adopted her in Birmingham and Eastbourne earlier than additionally displaying up at Wimbledon.
And never solely that, the stalker tried to disguise himself as a ball child or a groundsperson so he may presumably attempt to get nearer to the Frenchwoman.
Bartoli: I acknowledged him and immediately informed the Wimbledon officers that he was stalking me
“He discovered a technique to buy the identical package and get himself into my court docket as a groundsperson. And I type of acknowledged him. It was from my first-round match in opposition to Flavia Pennetta,” the 2013 Wimbledon champion recalled.
“I identified immediately to the All England Membership and the group of the match to say that he was not a groundsperson, he was not working there.
“He was somebody who had been stalking me for 3 weeks. They usually discovered a technique to get his identification and eliminate him and put his image on all of the entrances of the All England Membership.
“If you’re in that surroundings, it could actually really feel very, very annoying. And I used to be very younger again then. I used to be 22 years previous as properly, and I bear in mind simply getting on the court docket and saying to my dad, that individual doesn’t have the fitting to be on my courts.”
In the identical interview, Bartoli stated she was “proud” of Raducanu for a way she reacted and even performed out the whole match in opposition to Karolina Muchova regardless of the circumstances.
In the meantime, the Frenchwoman reached the Wimbledon closing in 2007 earlier than shedding to Venus Williams.
Whereas Bartoli did not win Wimbledon that yr, she managed to take action six years after beating Sabine Lisicki within the closing.
