Do you want me to have the child removed from the stadium?" Raducanu's unexpected request to the chair umpire
Le 11/08/2025 à 21h06
par Jules Hypolite

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).