Raducanu superfan ejected from Australian Open by police during De Minaur match

The superfan who Emma Raducanu invited to her matches at the Australian Open has been ejected from the tournament by police.

James Bray from Sydney attracted a lot of media attention after he loudly cheered on Raducanu during her first-round win over Mananchaya Sawangkaew on Sunday, nicknaming her 'Raddo'.

Raducanu thanked him during her on-court interview and asked him to come to future matches, with the former US Open champion's team securing him a ticket for her second-round defeat by Anastasia Potapova.

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Bray has also been supporting Australian players at the tournament and security deemed he had gone too far during home favourite Alex De Minaur's third-round match against Frances Tiafoe on Friday night.

He documented the incident on his Instagram account, posting a first video from the concourse outside Rod Laver Arena, with a police officer heard telling Bray he was being given a direction to leave the tournament for 24 hours.

"So we've got the police here, unfortunately I've been kicked out of the Australian Open because I've been too rowdy," said Bray.

He said he had paid 700 dollars for a ticket (approximately £350) and denied he had crossed a line with his support.

"I feel like everything was going well," said Bray in another video. "I wasn't disrespectful at all. I was just cheering on him like I would genuinely cheer on any Australian on any court.

"For some reason, security came up to me and said, 'Sorry mate, you've been warned, you need to leave'. It's a bit of a weird one. I feel like I wasn't doing anything bad."

Sky Sports News has contacted tournament organisers for comment.

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