A male fan has been banned from the Dubai Championships after exhibiting “fixated conduct” towards Emma Raducanu, inflicting a stoppage in her second-round match that led to the fan’s ejection. The person in query will probably be banned from all WTA occasions pending a menace evaluation.
Throughout Raducanu’s second-round match Tuesday, an unexplained stoppage occurred when Raducanu approached the umpire’s chair after the second sport, saying just a few phrases earlier than standing within the house between the again of the official’s chair and barrier netting adjoining to Courtroom 2. She had appeared visibly upset, at one level being consoled by opponent Karolina Muchova, because the umpire reported her issues to event organizers.
The Girls’s Tennis Affiliation defined Wednesday that Raducanu was approached Monday by a person in a public house who had “exhibited fixated conduct” towards her, and that very same man was recognized within the first few rows of her match Tuesday. Event organizers then labored with the WTA’s safety staff to have the fan ejected.
“We help the WTA’s resolution to ban the person in query from all WTA occasions, and share the tour’s longstanding dedication to participant welfare, security and wellbeing,” learn a press release by organizers.
As a young person, Raducanu’s private security had been compromised by an obsessed fan who was arrested after stalking her at her household house in London. The person in query was issued a five-year restraining order towards Raducanu in 2022.
Following the delay in play, the match resumed with Raducanu ultimately shedding 7-6 (6), 6-4 to Muchova.
