Tennis Star verbally attached to fans, gets augmented security: relationship
Five times winner of the Grand Slam Iga Swiatek According to reports, the enhanced security was given during the Miami Open this week after an “aggressive” fan has verbally attacked it to the tournament.
The fan previously sent abusive messages to the three times in office French open Online winner, BBC Sport reported, citing the representatives of Swiatek.
The reported accident occurred on Saturday during a test session and “(it appeared) to be a direct transition from verbal aggression online to harassment in the real world,” said the representatives of Swiatek.
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According to reports, the five -time winner of the Grand Slam Iga Swiatek was enhanced by security during the Miami Open this week after an “aggressive” fan attacked her verbally to the tournament. (Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
“Construction criticisms are one and threats, hatred speech or even disorders during training are another – this cannot be forgiven”, A spokesman for Swiatek said.
“We take the safety of all players and participants in the tournament very seriously,” said Miami Open in a note. “We constantly evaluate any potential threat and take every measure to respond appropriately. To ensure the effectiveness of these efforts, we do not disclose the details of our safety operations”.
The World Tennis Association added: “The security of players is our maximum priority. WTA works closely with tournaments and their security teams on best practices for international sporting events to ensure the safety and well -being of all participants.
“There are complete security protocols to make sure that any accidents are promptly and effectively managed. The details of these are not something we discuss publicly, but we are stopped in our commitment to maintain a safe environment for players and all those who attend one of our events.”
Swiatek has recently returned from a one -month suspension of doping in which he has not lost any Grand Slam. (IMagn)
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The episode arrives just over a month after a stalker has been removed from a game played by 2021 US Open Champion Emma Raducanu in Dubai.
At the Dubai championships last month, Raducanu said, he could barely breathe and his eyes full of tears when an stalker who had approached her at the beginning of the tournament was in the stands during her game.
The n. 2 Swiattek lost against Jolly Alexandra Eala in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. Following the question if the security situation interrupted his preparation of the game, Swiatek replied: “No, I wouldn’t say it”. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)
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The n. 2 Swiattek lost against Jolly Alexandra Eala in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. Following the question if the security situation interrupted his preparation of the game, Swiatek replied: “No, I wouldn’t say it”.
The Associated Press has contributed to this report.
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