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US Open 2025: Karolina Muchova says she was emotional after seeing ex in stands
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Czech tennis star Karolina Muchova needed to gather herself in opposition to her Romanian opponent, Sorana Cîrstea within the second spherical of the US Open.
Muchova had fallen 4-1 on Thursday when she needed to cease the sport briefly. She began to turn into emotional and admitted after the sport it was as a result of she noticed her ex-boyfriend sitting within the crowd.
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Karolina Muchova, from the Czech Republic, responds after beating Soraya Cirstea, from Romania, throughout the second spherical of the US Open Tennis Championships, Thursday 28 August 2025, in New York. (AP Photograph/Andres Kudacki)
She gathered to beat Cîrstea in three units.
“Properly … it wasn’t tennis associated,” she advised reporters after the sport, Through athletics. “So I do not actually like to speak about it. However my ex-boyfriend sat down reverse my sofa. He typically seems in locations the place he shouldn’t be. That was shocked. I advised him to go away, he didn’t, however later he was. It was onerous to focus at that second.”
Muchova had not talked about the person for the Girls’s Tennis Affiliation (WTA) or the US Tennis Affiliation (USTA) earlier than the match began and didn’t do that after the Thursday incident, the Athletic reported.
Tennis gamers can request sure spectators to be on the black checklist of ticket gross sales or to have the ability to obtain login particulars. An alleged stalker from Emma Raducanu appeared in February on the Dubai Tennis Championships. The person was on the blacklist of shopping for tickets for Wimbledon.
Karolina Muchova, from the Czech Republic, returns throughout the third spherical of the US Open Tennis Championships, Saturday 30 August 2025, in New York. (AP Photograph/Andres Kudacki)
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Muchova stated on Saturday after persevering with to the spherical of 16 that she did effectively and didn’t report the individual to tennis officers.
“Participant security is an important factor of our planning and implementation for the US Open,” a USTA spokesperson advised The Outlet. “Our in depth safety plan contains protocols and procedures for efficient threat discount and drawback administration. We work carefully with the ATP, WTA, ITF, ITIA and the opposite Grand Slam occasions to remain updated with all related conditions and worries.
“The US Open is in fixed communication with native and federal legislation enforcement, which additionally retains a presence on the USTA Billie Jean King Nationwide Tennis Heart. We use each bodily and technological means throughout the occasion to examine and retain security, together with on-line threats for gamers.”
Karolina Muchova, from the Czech Republic, responds after beating Venus Williams, from the US, throughout the first spherical of the US Open Tennis Championships, Monday, August 25, 2025, in New York. (AP Photograph/Adam Starvation)
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Muchova went so far as the semi -finals on the US Open two years in a row. She was quantity 13 and went to the match.
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