Peng Shuai protest shirts ‘welcome’ at Australian Open

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Grand Slam organisers respond to criticism over stance on top Chinese player

China’s Peng Shuai serves during a match at the Australian Open in this January 15 2019 file photo. Picture: REUTERS/EDGAR SUFans are free to wear “Where is Peng Shuai?” shirts at the Australian Open but they must not become “disruptive”, Tennis Australia chief Craig Tiley says amid criticism of the Grand Slam organisers’ earlier stance on the issue.

“Unfortunately I think there’s a lot of miscommunication and lack of understanding on it, because it’s not just a one line response,” Tiley said. Peng’s situation became a matter of concern in November when the former women’s number one doubles player alleged that a former Chinese vice-premier, Zhang Gaoli, had sexually assaulted her in the past. After that post, she was absent from public view for nearly three weeks.

Tiley said the steps taken by security staff last weekend was based on suspicions over “the motive and intent of the person coming in”. On Monday, Peng supporters in Australia said they were planning to hand out 1,000 “Where is Peng Shuai?” T-shirts at Melbourne Park this week after raising more than A$10,000 on a GoFundMe page.

 

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