This was the plan followed by Emma Raducanu's stalker

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It still gives us goosebumps to remember the images of Emma Raducanu recognizing her harasser in the middle of her match against Karolina Muchova at the WTA Dubai. The British player bewildered everyone when she approached the chair umpire in tears, pointing in a direction towards the stands where the audience was. Emma saw the man who had been harassing her during the tournament and prior to it. It has just been revealed that this individual had been following the player for some time and across different countries.

It all started on the street, with some photos and a letter that the man handed to Raducanu. She felt threatened and immediately reported the incident to the Dubai tournament authorities to be on alert. Last Monday, the British player was once again confronted by this individual while having a meal at the tournament's own restaurant. In fact, one of Raducanu's coaches, Roman Kelecic, spoke to the Net outlet to confirm this man's sinister intentions, stating that he "was studying the perfect moment to approach her."

"That was the only moment in a month when I, the physical trainer, and the security guard who wasn't with her were not present. So that man was assessing the situation and looking for the best moment to approach her. He had a terrifying strategy; he thought about it and calculated everything. His strategy worked, which was to get close to Emma," said Kelecic. He also confirmed that this was not the first time Raducanu was harassed by this individual, as they had noticed him since the Singapore tournament that the British player competed in the last week of January.

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Initially, they thought it could be just another fan until things started to take a more sinister turn in Dubai. "This man followed her to Singapore, to Abu Dhabi, where I was with her, back to Doha, and now to Dubai, and we noticed him. Initially, we thought he was a fan, an admirer, because Emma is a big tennis star with many followers. Until he physically approached her and began having contact in the form of selfies, hugs...," he said about the man's peculiar behavior. What did they do about it? Kelecic stated that they informed the tournament and the WTA about this individual's presence to try to locate and remove him from the premises.

"Three or four hours before the match, we had a photo of that harasser. Not only us, but all the tournament security had his photo, and everyone knew who he was," he confessed. However, Emma herself was the one who spotted him on Tuesday among the audience just as her match against Muchova began, a day after she had seen him at the tournament's restaurant. "Emma was on the other side of the court and showed us something. At that moment, we didn't know what it was. She lost the first game and ran towards us crying and shouting: 'he's here, he's here.'," Kelecic said.

Finally, the tournament's security removed the man from the crowd, and he was arrested by the Dubai police. After that, Raducanu decided not to pursue any charges, but the subject signed an agreement to maintain a distance from the British player. The WTA, on its part, released a statement condemning the incident and banning this individual from attending any WTA events.

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