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‘Nobody owns us’: Millie Bright calls for players to be treated with respect after Raducanu incident

Millie Bright in the Algarve for England’s Nations League opener against Portugal
Millie Bright, in the Algarve for England’s Nations League opener against Portugal, said: ‘If there is a message to be sent, it is that we are human.’ Photograph: Harriet Lander/The FA/Getty Images

Millie Bright has delivered an impassioned message to fans that “nobody owns” female sportspeople after Emma Raducanu was left in tears when she spotted a “fixated” spectator in the stands at the Dubai Tennis Championships.

Raducanu alerted officials during her match on Tuesday to the presence in the stands of an individual who had accosted her earlier in the tournament. The man was removed by security and had exhibited “fixated behaviour” towards Raducanu, in the words of the Women’s Tennis Association.

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