Emma Raducanu I will play the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, his first event since a male spectator has shown “fixed behavior” to her at the Dubai tennis championships last week.
Raducanu became obviously upset in his second round match at the United Arab Emirates last Tuesday, when the spectator went to the courtyard after approaching Raducanu a day earlier. He had come to her on Monday noon when she was in a cafe, where he gave her a letter containing his name and his contact details and a printed photo of herself. After the security of the tournament withdrew him, Raducanu managed to finish the match but was finally beaten by Karolina Muchova 7-6 (6), 6-4.
Raducanu, the champion of the United States Open in 2021, had planned to jump the Indian wells to recover from the incident, but decided to play the event, an informed source of his plans confirmed on Thursday. It is classified n ° 58 and due to the size of the draw does not need a joker for the event.
Raducanu will be offered additional security at the event, confirmed a WTA source. The security operation will be supervised by the WTA Tour security vice-president, Bob Campbell, secret service agent for 20 years between 1983 and 2003. He then moved into sport with the major baseball league before joining WTA in 2013.
The fixed person will not be present after, according to the Dubai police, he “signed an official company to maintain the distance of them”. Raducanu abandoned the legal accusations against man, which was also prohibited from all WTA events.
Raducanu will go to Indian Wells with his fitness coach Yutaka Nakamura, as well as British coach Tom Welsh who will support her for the tournament. Raducanu is looking for a permanent coach to replace Nick Cavaday, who resigned in January after more than a year in the role in health problems. The source informed that Raducanu’s plans said that the search for a full -time coach was underway and that Welsh will not assume the longer term role.
The draw at Indian Wells begins on Wednesday March 5.
This article originally appeared in Athletics.
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