Overview

• During her Cincinnati Open third-round match against Aryna Sabalenka on Aug. 11, Emma Raducanu paused play to complain that a child had been crying for about ten minutes.
• The chair umpire’s sarcastic response—“It’s a child. Do you want me to send the child out of the stadium?”—drew audible “yes” chants from the crowd.
• Aryna Sabalenka clinched the victory 7–6(3), 4–6, 7–6(5) and moved on to face Jessica Bouzas Maneiro in the tournament’s Round of 16.
• Tournament organizers have not confirmed whether the crying child was removed from the stands after Raducanu’s request.
• The widely shared video clip has prompted mixed online reactions and led pundits including Simon Jordan to call for clearer guidelines on spectator noise and age limits.