{"id":11219,"date":"2025-03-09T16:42:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T16:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=11219"},"modified":"2025-03-09T16:43:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T16:43:55","slug":"11219-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=11219","title":{"rendered":"INCOMING: Emma Raducanu says she struggled to breathe after seeing ‘fixated’ man in the crowd!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Emma Raducanu says she \u201ccouldn’t see the ball through tears\u201d and struggled to breathe after spotting a man who was \u201cfixated\u201d on her during a match.<\/p>\n

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The British tennis player and 2021 U.S. Open winner was left distressed during a match at last month’s Dubai Championships by the presence of the man in the stand.<\/p>\n

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The man, who had already approached Raducanu earlier in the tournament, was ejected from the arena after she spoke to the chair umpire during a second-round match against Karolina Muchova. He was later detained by Dubai police and signed a document pledging to \u201cmaintain distance\u201d from Raducanu. The WTA said he had \u201cexhibited fixated behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was obviously very distraught,” Raducanu told British reporters at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, her first tournament since the incident.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI saw him in the first game of the match and I was like, \u2018I don\u2019t know how I\u2019m going to finish\u2019. I literally couldn\u2019t see the ball through tears. I could barely breathe. I was like, \u2018I need to just take a breather here\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Raducanu regrouped to play on after the man was removed from the arena but lost 7-6 6-4.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a very emotional time,\u201d added Raducanu. \u201cAfter the match I did break down in tears, but not necessarily because I lost.”<\/p>\n

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Raducanu told the BBC that the incident \u201ccould have been dealt with better\u201d but that security improvements have now been made.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m always now very aware and not necessarily doing things on my own any more. I\u2019m always with someone and always being watched,” Raducanu told the BBC.<\/p>\n

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In 2022, an obsessive fan of Raducanu was given a restraining order after coming to her house three times.<\/p>\n

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Raducanu will face Japan\u2019s Moyuka Uchijima, who is ranked three places above her at 52nd in the world, in the first round in California on Thursday. The winner is guaranteed to face third-seeded Coco Gauff, with the top 32 players all receiving byes through to the second round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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