:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(711x196:713x198)/emma-raducanu-cincy-081225-dba98ce4db764ecaa873b0b65d79a647.jpg "Emma Raducanu asks the referee to ask about the removal of crying child from the match")
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- Emma Raducanu stopped a tennis match during the Cincinnati Open on 11 August because of a crying child
- The tennis player brought the referee to ask if she wanted the child to be removed from the stadium, to which she gestured with her tennis racket while the crowd answered “yes”
- The referee replied that she could request the request, but the match had to continue for the time being
The British tennis player Emma Raducanu stopped a competition because of a crying child during the Cincinnati open.
The incident took place during the third round on day 5 of the Cincinnati Open in the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, on Monday 11 August. Images of a broadcast of the moment shows Raducanu, opposite the Wit -Russian tennis player Arynna Sabalenka, when a baby releases a cry in the stadium.
Before Raducanu delivered a serve, Raducanu paused the game to ventilate to the referee that the baby had already cried “10 minutes”.
The referee replied: “Do you want me to send the child from the stadium?”
The crowd reacted with an emphatic yes, to which the US Open Champ 2021 raised its tennis racket and smiled.
The referee offered to “call in” for the removal of the child, but continued the game.
The crying child comes in the midst of extremely high temperatures in Ohio during the Open Cincinnati. The French tennis player Arthur Rinder Knech collapsed on Monday due to high temperatures on the courts, which regularly exceed more than 86º Fahrenheit, per BBC.
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It is unclear whether the child was removed from the stadium. People have contacted the Cincinnati Open to confirm.
The match ended with a final 7-6 (6), 4-6, 7-6 (7) loss for Raducanu, entitled and the prize money of the third round of $ 60,400 to Sabalenka. Sabalenka, 27 will then come across the Jessica Bouzas Maneiro of Spain in the round from 16 to Wednesday 13 August.
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This is not the first time that a crying baby has led online discussion at a tennis match. In 2011, during the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, tennis player David Ferrer shot a forehand ball in the direction of a crying child in the stands. He lost the game to Mardy Fish, 7-5, 6-2.
