Emma Raducanu, the former U.S. Open champion, revealed the emotional toll from being targeted by a stalker during a match at the Dubai Tennis Championships. The incident caused her to struggle during the match and break down in tears post-game. Despite the trauma, she returned to play at Indian Wells with heightened security. Raducanu chose to drop the charges against her stalker, who has now been banned from WTA events, and expressed that she needed time to recover mentally before rejoining the tour.
I literally couldn't see the ball through tears. I could barely breathe. I was like, 'I need to just take a breather'.
I saw him in the first game of the match and I was like, 'I don't know how I'm going to finish'.
It was a very emotional time... There was just so much emotion in the last few weeks of the events happening.
After the match I did break down in tears, but not necessarily because I lost.
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