British tennis star Emma Raducanu has returned serve after a picture shared by a tabloid fuelled rumours of a boyfriend.

In an interview with The Times, Raducanu expressed her shock at how the picture surfaced given she did not see any paparazzi in her immediate vicinity.

Raducanu reacts to 'creepy' photo saga

“What did creep me out was I saw a photo of myself [last week] in London, and I didn’t see the paps [paparazzi]," Raducanu said.

"I was with my two best friends. It was some tabloid article saying I had a new boyfriend or whatever. But it’s literally my best friend’s brother.

"I was with my best friend’s brother, and we were going to the rugby. And of course, they cropped my best friend out. It was just me and this guy, and I just didn’t see the paps. So that’s obviously cree

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