{"id":9731,"date":"2025-02-25T09:43:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T10:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/?p=9731"},"modified":"2025-02-25T12:41:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T12:41:07","slug":"emma-raducanu-offered-up-to-five-extra-security-guards-after-stalker-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/emma-raducanu-offered-up-to-five-extra-security-guards-after-stalker-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma Raducanu offered up to five extra security guards after \u2018stalker\u2019 incident"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Emma Raducanu is eager to move on from the ‘terrifying’ ordeal in the UAE (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

British tennis star Emma Raducanu<\/a> has offered up to five extra security guards to play at Indian Wells after being targeted by a ‘stalker’ in Dubai.<\/p>\n

Raducanu is eager to move on from the ‘terrifying’ ordeal, which led to her breaking down in tears and hiding behind the umpire’s chair<\/a> during a clash against Karolina Muchova at the Dubai Tennis Championships last week.<\/p>\n

It later emerged that the 22-year-old became distressed when she spotted a man displaying ‘fixated behaviour’<\/a> in the crowd, who is alleged to have followed her over four countries<\/a> and approached her before the match.<\/p>\n

The ‘calculated’ individual, who was swiftly thrown out, reportedly gave Raducanu a letter in an off-site incident<\/a> and has since been handed a restraining order<\/a> by Dubai police and banned from all future tournaments.<\/p>\n

Raducanu returned home to the United Kingdom after her Dubai Tennis Championships exit and is next set to play at the prestigious Indian Wells tournament in California, which gets underway next week in early March.<\/p>\n

Indian Wells organisers are keen to ensure Raducanu feels safe at the event with the Briton ‘likely’ to be offered up to five extra security guards, The Times<\/a> have reported, with Bob Campbell in charge of arrangements.<\/p>\n

Campbell, vice-president of security for the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Tour, worked as a secret service agent for 20 years in the United States and reportedly had a prominent role during Bill Clinton’s presidency.<\/p>\n

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