Highlights
- WTA suspends all tennis tournaments in China and Hong Kong
- Peng Shuai has accused a senior leader of the ruling Communist Party of sexual abuse
- This year 11 tournaments were to be held in China but many were canceled due to Corona.
The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has suspended all tennis tournaments to be held in China and Hong Kong. WTA Tour chairman Steve Simon says the decision has been taken in the wake of questions being raised about the safety of Chinese female tennis player Peng Shuai.
Before Covid 19, there were plans to organize 11 tournaments in China this year. Although many had to be canceled due to Corona. Simon issued a statement saying, ‘I announce the suspension of all WTA tournaments in China and Hong Kong with immediate effect. When Peng Shuai is not being allowed to speak freely and is being pressured to back down from allegations of sexual assault, I don’t think our athletes will be able to play freely there.
The 35-year-old Peng Shuai has won doubles titles at Wimbledon and French Open. Where is the famous tennis player Peng Shuai at the moment? No one knows about it yet.
accused of sexual abuse
China’s former vice-premier Zhang Gaoli has been missing since allegations of sexual assault. Shuai claimed in a Weibo post on November 2 that Gaoli “forced” him to have sex during an on-off relationship. After half an hour, this post of his also got deleted. Since then no one has seen him in public, nor has there been any statement.
was seen smiling in the restaurant then
A few days ago, a video was released by Chinese state media, in which Shuai was seen smiling in a restaurant. However, no confirmed information has been received about Peng Shuai so far. A few days back a statement of her also surfaced in which she purportedly said that she is not missing or unsafe and that she is taking rest at home.
Peng’s disappearance before the Winter Games became a big scandal
Peng has been the number 1 player in women’s doubles in the world. He won Wimbledon in 2013 and French Open in 2014. His disappearance has become a bigger scandal ahead of the Winter Games starting in Beijing from February 4 next year. On November 2, Peng wrote in a lengthy post that Zhang forced her to have sex three years ago despite repeated refusals. The post soon disappeared from Peng’s verified account on Weibo, but by then the screenshots had spread.
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