Julie Jay: A tennis match is no place for a crying baby who is making a racket

The controversy surrounding a crying baby at the Cinncinati Tennis Open has once again ignited a debate around how far we should go to include parents and children at major sporting events

Raducanu was completely within her rights to draw attention to the distraction, which had, according to her, been going on for “like, 10 minutes”. The fact that the parent didn’t choose to leave with the child is, quite frankly, mind-boggling.

Last week, British tennis ace Emma Raducanu was trending on socials because of an interesting exchange of words during her match against world number one Aryna Sabalenka in the Cincinnati Open. Before serving, Raducanu stopped play and drew the official’s attention to a baby crying in the stands.

“It’s a child,” came the response from the umpire. “Do you want me to kick the child out of the stadium?”