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Missing tennis player: Djokovic supports WTA threat – tennis

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Peng Shuai is still considered lost. © APA / afp / STR

The world number one Novak Djokovic welcomes the fact that the WTA player organization has increased the pressure on China in the case of the disappeared Peng Shuai.

WTA boss Steve Simon threatened with the complete withdrawal of the women’s tennis tour from China, if the leadership in Beijing does not shed light on the darkness. “I fully support the position of the WTA as an organization and also its president,” said the 34-year-old Serb at the ATP Finals in Turin. It would be “a bit strange,” said Djokovic, if the situation was not resolved and tournaments were held in China.

WTA boss Steve Simon had previously said in a CNN interview: “We are definitely ready to end our activities, with all the consequences that entails.” China is an important location, especially for women’s tennis. In 2018, the season-end tournament for the eight best players of the year from 2019 to 2028 was awarded to the Chinese city of Shenzhen and the prize money doubled from 7 million US dollars to 14 million. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, however, it was not possible to play in China in the past two years.

In early November, Peng Shuai published allegations of sexual assault by a top Chinese politician on the Weibo social network. Since then, the 35-year-old has not been seen in public and is considered to have disappeared.

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