Emma Raducanu's experience of a stalker in Dubai should not be considered a security failure, says the chief executive of the Women's Tennis Association.

The former US Open champion will have an overhauled security operation after being targeted by a man with 'fixated behaviour' in Dubai

The chief executive of the WTA said that Emma Raducanu's experience with a stalker at the Dubai Championships is not being considered a security failure.

I was 17 and a promising middle-distance runner for Great Britain when my world was turned upside down by a stalker. So Emma Raducanu’s distressing stalking episode at last month’s Dubai Open immediately resonated with me.

Often the ‘stalker’ doesn’t even realise the other person doesn't feel the same way they do, let alone see how they are coming across