Emma Raducanu, number two British, admitted that she was “cautious” when he left after his request, a stalker in the Dubai championship earlier this year.
The 22 -year -old hid behind the referee’s chair crying after receiving the unwanted repeated attention of an “obsessed” man before and duration of a second round match against Karolina Muchva in February.
At that time, Raducanu said that “he could not see the ball through tears” and that “he could barely breathe”, while now he revealed that the situation was exacerbated because she was worried without a full -time coach.
While Raducanu still cares about his surroundings, the 2021 United States Open champion wants to move on while approaching the field season with coaches Mark Petchey and Nick Cavaday in tow.
“It was difficult,” she said BBC Sport. “He emphasized the fact that I did not necessarily feel safe or comfortable in my own configuration and equipment, so he only joined the anxious feeling.
“Obviously, I varied when I leave. I try not to be careless about it is your only knowledge of how much problem is when you are in that situation and not necessarily because being in that situation again.
“Outside the court at this time, I feel good, I feel quite established. I feel that I have good people around me and anything that was negative, I son of brushing what I can.”
Raducanu, who suffered a second round to IGA Swiatek at the France Open, is handling a back problem in the accumulation of Wimbledon, which has a leg hindered by persistent spasm problems for a large part of 2025.
She will perform at the Women’s Queen’s Club inaugural championship this week, where she faces the Spanish qualifier Cristina Bucsa in the first round.
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