"The 2021 US Open champion was distressed and tearful when she saw a man who had followed her to four successive tournaments in the stands during a match in Dubai in February. The man, who was removed and later given a restraining order by Dubai police, had given Raducanu a letter and asked for a photograph in a coffee shop the previous day."
"What did creep me out was I saw a photo of myself in London, and I didn't see the paparazzi [photographers] taking it," the 23-year-old said. "I was with my two best friends. I just didn't see the 'paps'. That's obviously creepy, when you're like: I didn't see them - how did they take this photo? "But other than that, I feel good because someone's always watching my back."
"In rush hour, people are so locked in to their world. They're not really paying attention and probably not expecting to see me either," she said. "I have my hood up, or whatever, but they're just so focused and absorbed in their own world. "It's all so crazy. It's like everyone's on a mission. You have to get the elbows out, just to get through."
Emma Raducanu no longer feels she is hiding after a man who exhibited fixated behaviour targeted her earlier this year. She became distressed and tearful when she saw the man in the stands at a Dubai match after he had followed her to four successive tournaments, given her a letter and asked for a photograph in a coffee shop; Dubai police removed him and issued a restraining order. Raducanu says she has largely got over the incident but is sometimes unnerved by unexpected printed photographs. She is training in Barcelona and commuting from her parents' home, becoming more comfortable being recognised in public and navigating rush-hour travel.
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