Online Reporter
EMMA RADUCANU is not planning to step away from tennis despite her stalker ordeal.
Britain’s tennis superstar, 22, was seen looking distraught when she landed in London after a scary incident with a “fixated” fan in Dubai.
Raducanu looked emotional and drained when she was reunited with her dad following the most traumatic week of her life.
Yet she plans to fly to the United States next week for scheduled appearances at the Indian Wells Open and then the Miami Open — two of the biggest tournaments on the calendar.
The former US Open champion does not want to take a break from competing — if anything, she is keen to get back on court as soon as possible.
It comes amid revelations that an obsessed individual had followed her from Singapore to the UAE twice and Qatar within the space of three weeks.
The tourist was arrested by Dubai Police when he turned up unexpectedly at her second-round defeat against Karolina Muchova on Tuesday.
The day before he had approached the world No.61 in a public area, handing her a note and asking for a photo.
Charges were later dropped by Raducanu but the man has signed a restraining order which states he must stay away from the Kent player — and he is banned from future WTA tennis events.
As she recovers with her family, Raducanu has changed the bio on her Instagram page — which has 2.6million followers — to “ad astra per aspera”.
This is a Latin phrase that means “to the stars through hardships”.
She broke her silence after the incident by posting on Instagram.
She wrote: “Thank you for the messages of support.
“Difficult experience yesterday but I’ll be okay and proud of how I came back and competed despite what happened at the start of the match.
“Thank you to Karolina for being a great sport and best of luck to her for the rest of the tournament.” —Sun.
