Emma Raducanu, playing for the first time since a man had to be removed from the stands during her match in Dubai, lost to Moyuka Uchijima

It was a disappointing return to competition for Emma Raducanu, who suffered her worst-ever result in Indian Wells as she lost to Moyuka Uchijima in round one. Raducanu was playing her first match under the tutelage of Vlado Platenik, a Slovakian coach she linked up with on a trial basis for this tournament.

British tennis star Emma Raducanu has spoken about the emotional toll of noticing what the WTA called a “fixated” man during one of her recent matches in Dubai, explaining how she “couldn’t see the ball through tears.

Emma Raducanu says she “couldn’t see the ball through tears” and struggled to breathe after spotting a man who was “fixated” on her during a match.

British tennis star Emma Raducanu says she struggled to breathe and 'couldn’t see the ball through tears' when her match last month was paused at the Dubai Tennis Championships while security led a man who was stalking her out of the crowd.

Highly touted Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca rallied from a break down in the third set to beat Britain’s Jacob Fearnley 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 in his Indian Wells debut on Thursday.

Emma Raducanu was defeated 3-6 2-6 by Moyuka Uchijima in her first-round match; it was the first tournament Raducanu was playing in since she was the target of fixated behaviour; watch all in action f