‘Terrifying’ details emerge in tennis star Emma Raducanu’s stalking case

Scary new details have emerged in the stalking case of Brit tennis star Emma Raducanu.

The man — who has since been detained Dubai police and signed a formal undertaking to maintain his distance from Raducanu — has been banned from future tennis tournaments.

And Raducanu has also dropped charges against the man, who was described as “a tourist” in a government statement.

But Raducanu’s former coach Roman Kelecic has now alleged that the man had a “calculated” plan and followed the 22-year-old across multiple countries.

“This man followed her to Singapore, to Abu Dhabi where I was with her, again in Doha, now in Dubai and we noticed him,” Kelecic told Croatian outlet Net.

“Initially we thought he was a fan, an admirer, because Emma is a really big tennis star with a huge fan base. Until he got physically close to her, started having contact in the form of selfies, hugging, etc.”

The man again turned up to Raducanu’s Dubai match against Karolina Muchova, forcing the frightened grand slam champ to hide behind the umpire’s chair just two games into an eventual defeat.

But the man allegedly approached Raducanu at a restaurant the day before that match.

“That was the only moment in a month where I, the fitness coach, the security guard who was with us, was not with her at that moment,” he said.

“So, that man was assessing the situation and looking for the best moment to get closer to her.

“He had a strategy that was terrifying, he thought everything through, calculated it.

“It’s terrifying how much he, in essence, thought about it all and planned it. His strategy worked, and it was to get closer to her.

“That evening we reported it immediately and again in the morning, when she was playing the match, because her safety is the most important thing to us.”

Kelecic also believes that authorities had a photograph of the man ahead of Raducanu’s match with Muchova, however, it was only Raducanu who spotted him.

“Three or four hours before the match we have a photo of that stalker,” he said.

“Not only us, the entire security at the tournament has his photo and everyone knows who he is.

“The first game, two points gone, 15-15, Emma is on the other side of the court and she’s showing us something.

“At that moment we didn’t know what it was. Emma loses the first game and runs to us, crying, shouting, ‘here he is, here he is, here he is’.”

As the details emerged, tennis fans were wondering why Raducanu didn’t follow through with the charges.

There are also suggestions she has had more than one stalker.

“I don’t understand why she dropped charges against him?” one fan asked on social media.

“Very scary,” another said.

- With AAP