"Do you want me to send the child out of the stadium?," the umpire replied, to which Raducanu raised her tennis racket and smiled

World No. 1 and defending Cincinnati Open champion Aryna Sabalenka beat Emma Raducanu in one of the longest matches in tournament history Aug. 11.

The disturbance caused by a crying child in the stands proved too much to handle for Emma Raducanu during her Cincinnati Open defeat by Aryna Sabalenka on Monday when the Briton appealed to a bemused chair umpire for action.

Emma Raducanu urged a Cincinnati Open umpire to remove a crying child during her thrilling match against Aryna Sabalenka on Monday, briefly pausing the action over the matter. As the British tennis star,

British tennis pro Emma Raducanu was shut down by an umpire after complaining about a crying child in the stands. In a clip shared via ESPN’s TikTok account on Tuesday, August 12, Raducanu, 22, was seen asking the umpire during her Cincinnati Open round of 32 match against World No.

A clearly frustrated Raducanu stopped her service action and told Cincinnati Open umpire Miriam Bley: ‘It’s been, like, 10 minutes [of crying].’ The umpire then responded: I