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Montevideo, November 24th 2024 - 17:36 UTC

Tag: Steve Simon

  • Thursday, December 2nd 2021 - 09:37 UTC

    Tennis player Peng Shuai mystery: WTA suspends all WTA tournaments in China and Hong Kong

    “I don’t see how I can ask our athletes to compete there when Peng Shuai is not allowed to communicate freely,” said Steve Simon

    The president of the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, Steve Simon announced on Wednesday “the immediate suspension of all WTA tournaments in China, including Hong Kong,” as a result of the situation with Chinese ex-player Peng Shuai who had been disappeared for weeks and later confirmed she was “fine” in what seemed an official tailored statement, following on global interest about what happened to the former number one player of the world.