FILE - WTA CEO Steve Simon appears during a retirement ceremony for Martina Hingis in Singapore. The suspension of all WTA tournaments in China because of concerns about the safety of Peng Shuai, a Grand Slam doubles champion who accused a former government official there of sexual assault, could result in cancellations of those events beyond 2022, Simon told The Associated Press on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021.
Peng dropped out of public view after raising the allegations about former vice premier Zhang Gaoli in a Nov. 2 social media posting that was quickly taken down by Chinese authorities. Simon said the suspension, announced Wednesday via a statement from him issued by the tour, means that tournaments could still end up being staged in China if its government follows through with his requests. If not, the events could be moved to other countries, as happened this year, when the tour’s Asian swing was called off because of COVID-19 concerns; the WTA Finals, for example, were shifted to Guadalajara, Mexico, last month.
A statement attributed to Peng two weeks and tweeted out by the international arm of Chinese state broadcaster CCTV included a retraction of her accusations. In a tweet that was later deleted, the editor of hard-line nationalist Communist Party newspaper Global Times criticized the WTA for “coercing Peng Shuai to support the West’s attack on Chinese system.”
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We must Nominate WTA for Times Person the year 2021for their Courageous actions against Dictators of China for muzzling away the Tennis star for speaking out on Chinese VP raping her.. Note, The Males dominated IOC, ATP, PGA etc don't have half the balls of WTA, hurray to WTA
At least one professional sports league stands up to China. KingJames take note.
Should cancel the WinterOlympics in solidarity with the WTA
Nice job pushing the anti-Asian narrative WTA. StopAsianHate This is just a political driven excuse to target China. Russian Maria Sharapova was caught doping and Russian Yana Sizikova was caught fixing matches. Why didn't you suspend Russian tournaments?
keep it up until they allow her---and everyone she cares about---out of China; once she's had a chance to defect to a safe asylum, *then* let the country back into good graces (whether she takes advantage of the opportunity or not).
That's pathetic, WTA grand tour in China was suspended in JULY 2021 until further notice due to covid concerns.
Good for them 👏👏👏👏
Lebron said she’s fine.
Bravo wto more corporation should follow this lead protecting MeToo victim and human rights.
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