Raducanu will be playing for the first time since her ordeal in Dubai last month, where the 22-year-old faced an approach from a “fixated man” in the crowd as she took on Karolina Muchova. Raducanu was shaken by the incident but has decided to return for the start of the “sunshine double” at Indian Wells,

British tennis sensation Emma Raducanu is back on court at the prestigious Indian Wells tournament in California, facing Japan's Moyuka Uchijima in the first round.

Emma Raducanu has revealed she is “pretty much chaperoned everywhere” following the aftermath of her terrifying ordeal at the Dubai Tennis Championships last month. Security concerns for the world No 55 have been high after the Brit was forced to deal with a “fixated” spectator in the Middle East.