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After incident with Raducanu: spectator arrested in Dubai

A spectator becomes aggressive during the tennis match of British tennis player Emma Raducanu. He had already attracted attention. The police are taking action.

Police in Dubai have arrested the man who made British tennis player Emma Raducanu cry with his behavior on the court. The tourist approached the 22-year-old, left her a message and took a picture of her, the authorities said.

The man signed a formal commitment to distance himself from Raducanu after his arrest. He was banned from future tournaments. The athlete dropped the charges against him.

In the first set of her second-round match at the Dubai tournament against Czech Karolina Muchova, Raducanu cried when the score was 0-2. The man was banned from the stands. The umpire and Muchova took care of the 22-year-old, who continued to play and lost the game.

Man showed “fixated behavior” towards Raducanu

Raducanu wrote on Instagram on Wednesday about a “difficult experience yesterday, but I’ll be okay and proud of how I came back and persevered despite what happened at the beginning of the match.”

The man would be banned from all WTA events until it was clear whether there was a threat, the professional organization WTA announced. The spectator had already shown “fixated behavior” towards Raducanu in a public area on Monday.

In 2022, a man was convicted of stalking Raducanu and was sentenced to unpaid community service. There was no further information about the identity of the man who was banned in Dubai.

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