Emma Raducanu will be offered increased security at the next event to Indian Wells, after the scary incident last week involving a harasser in Dubai.
While Raducanu is on the list of entries for Indian Wells, she has not yet returned to the National Tennis Center in southwest London for her usual practice sessions.
But the two tournaments to come to the United States – First Indian Wells, which begins on weekends, then Miami, which belongs to its IMG management agency – are among the largest nursery rooms outside the four Grand Slam.
The reports suggest that Raducanu was offered up to five additional security guards in Indian wells To ensure its safety. Normally, high -level players have one or two guards with them when they cross the public areas of a tennis tournament, but sources suggest that additional bodies would be “evidence” after last week’s events.
Protection outside the field of the Indian tennis garden Wells would also be relevant, since the man who triggered these security problems is understood that he approached Raducanu in a cafe in Dubai on Monday afternoon, he put a letter put and took a photo.
However, it is not as if it lacked off -site safety throughout this trip. According to Roman Kelecic – a locum coach who had provided support since the resignation of the regular Raducanu coach, Nick Cavaday, for health – told Croatian exit net: “That (the coffee approach) was The only moment of a month when I, the fitness the coach, the security guard who was with us, was not with her at that time.
“So this man evaluated the situation and was looking for the best time to get closer to her. He had a terrifying strategy. He thought everything, he calculated it. »»
The Raducanu team informed the organizers of the Dubai event on the noon problem on Tuesday, shortly before it started her first round match against Karolina Muchova. They had hoped that Man could be kept away from the matchBut instead, he acquired an entry into the stands.
As Kelecic said to Net: “Three or four hours before the match, we have a photo of this stalker. Not only are we all the security of the tournament has his photo and everyone knows who he is.
“The first match, two missing points, 15-15, Emma is on the other side of the field and she shows us something. At that time, we didn’t know what it was. Emma loses the first match and runs to us, crying, shouting: “Here it is, there is, here, here is”. “”
The man was ejected from the match and owned by the Dubai police, who gave him a ban on a ban on what they described as a “fixed behavior”.
Authorities announced that authorities on Thursday Raducanu had dropped the loads Against the man – who is not a British national and is not connected to the previous harassment case that Raducanu endured in 2022 – after having signed a promising form of distance from her.
Security at Indian Wells should be more rigorous than we have seen in Dubai. The man in charge of arrangements is the head of security of the WTA Bob Campbell, a former secret service agent who has worked for the tour since 2013.
