One -time Us open champion Emma Raducan She said she had suffered a physical reaction last month at the Dubai Championship after being faced by a man who was “fixed” to a young tennis star, which eventually resulted in being detained by local police.
Raducan, 22, recalled an intense situation on BNP Paribas Open In Indian Wells, her first incident tournament.
Emma Raducan celebrates during her match against Amanda Anisim at the Australian Open at Melbourne Park, January 16, 2025. (Mike Frey-Hagn Pictures)
“Obviously I was very upset,” he said to Raducan.
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“I saw him in the first game of the match and I said, ‘I don’t know how I will end. “I literally couldn’t see the ball through tears.
At the time, WTA explained that the “man who exposed the fixed behavior” approached Raducan in a public space. The next day, the same man was noticed in his match in the first few rows.
According to the Government of the Media Office in Dubai, the man “left her note” and also photographed it during one of those meetings.
Emma Raducan plays a return to IgA Swiatek at the Australian Open in Melbourne on January 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Asanko brandon Ratnayake, file)
“After the appeal of Raducanu, the police in Dubai detained a tourist who approached her, left her a note, took pictures and dealt with behavior caused by trouble during Dubai’s free tennis championship,” the statement said.
According to to Reuters, The man approached her twice from the field in Dubai and was previously noticed in tournaments in Singapore, Abu Dabi and Doho in previous weeks.
The man, who has yet to identify, is later detained, but has decided to give up the accusations against him to Raducan.
Emma Raducan during her match against Amanda Anisim at the Australian Open 16th January 2025. (Mike Frey-Hagn Pictures)
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“It was a very emotional time,” she added. “After the match, I broke in tears, but not necessarily because I lost.”
The man forbade WTA from all future tournaments “to an assessment of threat”.
Raducan received a five -year restraining order against a man in London in 2022 after being found guilty of passing. The man appeared in her home several times and left unwanted gifts. She was 19 at the time.
Raducana will face Japan Moyuka Uchii in her first tournament from an incident on Thursday.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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