Perhaps it is an unsurprising response, considering the current heightened temperature around security in tennis. It was only a week prior to Wimbledon that Emma Raducanu’s stalker tried to secure tickets to the grounds.
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“I mean, it was just an idiot saying something and I was not afraid, but feeling uncomfortable because there are too many idiots right now in this world,” Putintseva said later this week. “That’s pretty much it… At least no one got hurt so it’s fine.”
Conversation was sparked in February, when Raducanu was reduced to tears on court in Dubai, after she spotted a man alleged to have stalked her in the stands at her match. He approached her near the player hotel the day before her match too, and she had noticed him in the crowd at previous matches in Singapore, Abu Dhabi and Doha.
Security teams at Wimbledon have to monitor more than 40,000 people a day (Photo: Getty)
That system is one of the many measures in place at the tournament, aimed at boosting security. Events on the WTA, ATP and ITF tour throughout the season collaborate in this way, sharing the names of individuals who have been known to pose potential threats, in order to prevent them from getting access to players. At Wimbledon, even those who access the grounds via the queue system must also provide personal details to get their tickets.
To add to that, there is a team on-site at Wimbledon from Signify Group, a company which uses artificial intelligence and data analysis to chart online abuse which players face on social media. They count Wimbledon, the WTA, ITF and US Open among their clients, and have monitored the accounts of more than 8,000 players last season.
Boulter drew attention to some of the threats faced by female athletes earlier this summer (Photo: PA)“There are security measures in place that go beyond the kinds of checks we would do on someone’s identity that are effective on and around the grounds,” AELTC chief executive Sally Bolton said on Monday. “So we are not reliant on just checking databases for email addresses or the like. There are other measures we have in place, but I wouldn’t probably share those.
“We are always reviewing security. We’re always enhancing it and putting in place the appropriate measures.”
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Data shows that women athletes and officials are 30 per cent more likely to experience online abuse. The nature of that abuse can vary from angry gamblers, body shaming and violent rape and death threats.
Beyond Wimbledon, WTA tournaments also have preventative and proactive measures in place to keep players safe, and their security department is headed up by former US secret service agent Bob Campbell. That includes canine sweeps prior to each day of a tournament, bag searches, as well as security at official players’ hotels and escorting players to the airport too.
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