The Women’s Tennis Association suspends all tournaments in China amid concern for Peng Shuai and other players' safety
and the Women’s Tennis Association have also weighed in, with the latter organization threatening to stop doing business with the country if Peng’s whereabouts aren’t confirmed.Peng, 35, is one of the most prominent Chinese tennis stars in the world, participating in three Olympics and ranking no. 14 worldwide in singles by the WTA in 2011.
Concerns about Peng and her safety deepened when Chinese activists started pointing out that she had not been seen in public since she authored her initial post, prompting the hashtag #WhereIsPengShuai to start trending. Though Simonon Nov. 14 that he had heard from several sources, including the Chinese Tennis Association, that Peng was “safe and not under any physical threat,” he also said that he had not heard from Peng directly.
f at the end of the day, we don’t see the appropriate results from this, we would be prepared to take that step and not operate our business in China if that’s what it came to,” he told the Yes — but it’s unclear whether she is speaking for herself. On Wednesday, the Twitter account for China Global Television Network posted a statement from an email allegedly authored by Peng to the WTA, stating that she did not approve of the WTA’s statements about her.