Former US Open champion Raducanu returned to the UK from Dubai this week, and tears flowed uncontrollably as soon as she saw her dad at Heathrow Airport. Obviously, being followed caused a lot of psychological pressure on her. According to foreign media reports, a male fan began to follow her from Singapore, followed her all the way to the Middle East, and also pestered her when she was alone.
Raducanu entered the tournament as a wild card in Dubai, WTA1000 this week, beating Sakkari in the first round and losing to 14th seed Mukhova in the second round in two sets to reach the Women's Singles round of 32. In the match against Mukhova, Raducanu saw the man in the audience and immediately asked the referee for help, and walked to the referee's chair and cried.
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Coach Roman Keletić told the media about what happened in Dubai:
1. The man has been seen at tennis events in Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Doha and Dubai.
2. On Monday, when Raducanu was alone in the stadium restaurant, due to security negligence, the man approached her, hugged and took a group photo, and pestered her. Raducanu had no choice but to call Keletic for help, and they called the police. The scary thing is that this is the only time Raducanu has acted alone recently, and he was seized by the stalker, which shows that the other party has a plan.
3. On Tuesday, Raducanu's team members and security personnel were able to obtain a photograph of the man. At the start of the match against Mukhova, Raducanu played a few points and signaled that there was a problem. At the end of the first game, she walked up to the team and said, "He's here, he's here." The man was then ejected from the court.
The stalker was arrested by Dubai Police, and Raducanu dropped the charges against him after signing a pledge not to approach Raducanu again.
(Compiler/Green, Photo/Visual China)