Tennis-WTA bans spectator after Raducanu incident in Dubai


FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Dubai Championships - Dubai Tennis Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - February 16, 2025 Britain's Emma Raducanu during her round of 64 match against Greece's Maria Sakkari REUTERS/Amr Alfiky/File Photo

(Reuters) - The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) said it has banned a man who exhibited "fixated behaviour" towards Emma Raducanu after he was taken away by security personnel during the Briton's match at the Dubai Championship late on Tuesday.

Former U.S. Open champion Raducanu appeared to be in tears as she approached the umpire's chair during the first set of her second-round match with Karolina Muchova.

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