By Richard Pagliaro | @TennisNow | Friday, February 28, 2025
Photograph credit score: Matthew Calvis
Emma Raducanu endured a scary stalker incident in Dubai final week.
Subsequent week, Raducanu is aiming for an Indian Wells return with reinforcements.
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An emotional Raducanu burst into tears and took refuge behind the chair umpire’s stand after recognizing the male stalker two video games into her second-round Dubai conflict vs. Karolina Muchova.
Dubai police detained the person, who’s a vacationer.
“Following Raducanu’s grievance, Dubai Police detained a vacationer who approached her, left her a notice, took her {photograph}, and engaged in conduct that brought on her misery throughout the Dubai Responsibility Free Tennis Championships,” the Dubai Media Workplace mentioned in an announcement.
Raducanu dropped the costs in opposition to the person, who signed an announcement principally the equal of a restraining order agreeing to keep up distance from her.
Members of Raducanu’s staff informed British media she was frightened as a result of the fixated fan had beforehand appeared in Singapore, Abu Dhabi and Doha earlier than really approaching her in a Dubai cafe and displaying up at her first two matches.
Following her Dubai second-round exit, Raducanu reportedly thought of taking time away from the Tour earlier than opting to play Indian Wells.
The 2021 US Open champion might be surrounded by event safety on the Indian Wells Tennis Backyard with the WTA additionally empowered to supply added safety measures if essential.
A 12 months in the past, Raducanu performed the BNP Paribas Open on a wild card and reached the third spherical bowing to Aryna Sabalenka 6-3, 7-5.
In the present day, Raducanu celebrated her return to Tennis Paradise sharing the court docket with Event Director Tommy Haas.
