The Women's Tennis Association says concern over a man who’d exhibited fixated behavior caused Emma Raducanu to approach the chair umpire in tears and take an unscheduled break in her second-round match at the Dubai Championships.

Emma Raducanu was left visibly upset after being approached by a man displaying “fixated behaviour”, who was subsequently ejected from the court by security, ahead of her defeat to Karolina Muchova in the Dubai Duty Tennis Free Tennis Championship.

The WTA said the man, displaying ‘fixated behaviour’, was ejected from the court by security and will be banned from all future tournaments.

Emma Raducanu lost to Karolina Muchova after an emotional first set in which a spectator was ejected at the Dubai Championships

Emma Raducanu lost to Karolina Muchova on Tuesday after an emotional first set in which a male spectator -- who according to the WTA "exhibited fixated behavior" in a public space the day prior -- was ejected at the Dubai Championships.

Emma Raducanu was twice confronted by a man “who exhibited fixated behaviour” before her tearful second-round exit at the Dubai Championships.