Emma Raducanu experienced a traumatic ordeal at the Dubai Open, where a persistent stalker caused her significant distress during her match. The 22-year-old spent time cowering behind the umpire's chair as she struggled to see the ball through tears and felt she could hardly breathe. Despite the incident leading to her losing the match, she opted not to press charges against the individual, who has since been banned from future tournaments. Raducanu expressed her emotional turmoil, indicating that the pressure of recent events impacted her performance.
I was obviously very distraught. I saw him in the first game of the match and I was like, I don't know how I'm going to finish. I literally couldn't see the ball through tears. I could barely breathe.
After the match I did break down in tears, but not necessarily because I lost. There was just so much emotion in the last few weeks of the events happening.
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