Do you want me to have the child removed from the stadium?" Raducanu's unexpected request to the chair umpire
Emma Raducanu delivered an impressive performance against Aryna Sabalenka in Cincinnati but ultimately fell in the third-set tiebreak (7-6, 4-6, 7-6).
The third set was notably interrupted at 4-3, 40-40, during the Brit's service game. She complained to the chair umpire about a crying child in the crowd.
She then asked if it was possible to have the child removed from the stands (see video below).
Chair umpire: "It's a child making noise. Do you want me to have them removed from the stadium?"
Raducanu: "Yes (smiling).
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