Peng

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Peng

Armchair · County player

I'm pleased to see that Peng's predicament is still being taken seriously.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/60299430
www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/feb/09/journalist-who-interviewed-peng-shuai-casts-doubt-over-her-freedom

WTA & an L'Equipe journalist still have doubts - don't we all.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

I wonder if now the Winter Olympics is over, we will see a ramping up of the pressure on China from the WTA and, maybe, the IOC, re Peng?

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

It would be good. I must admit that I am losing hope for her. Even if she was to be able to talk freely, how free would that be knowing the repercussions of her telling the truth?

I am sooo grateful that I live here, and am a loss as to what the world can do for Peng and people in her situation unless the world governments get together, and I can't see that happening.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Helen40 wrote:
It would be good. I must admit that I am losing hope for her. Even if she was to be able to talk freely, how free would that be knowing the repercussions of her telling the truth?

I am sooo grateful that I live here, and am a loss as to what the world can do for Peng and people in her situation unless the world governments get together, and I can't see that happening.

Apparently she was floated around at the Winter Olympics quite a lot, being used as a bit of a PR tool. Always escorted though and not free to talk

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Atp has confirmed its second half calendar, back to a normal schedule that stops with Paris Indoor before a week off til the Masters.

Chinese events left on it

www.atptour.com/en/news/atp-issues-calendar-for-second-half-of-2022-season

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

JonH comes home wrote:
Atp has confirmed its second half calendar, back to a normal schedule that stops with Paris Indoor before a week off til the Masters.

Chinese events left on it

www.atptour.com/en/news/atp-issues-calendar-for-second-half-of-2022-season

St Petersburg has moved to Astana, other events seem the same as usual. Moscow must now be under question after todays events.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Being reported that its confirmed no Chinese events, on wta tour. Asian swing will just be japan and Korea and half the chinese events have found alternative homes for 2022 now, San Diego being the main one.

Wta tour finals will be in Europe this year and not Mexico; no doubt not in Britain given todays events !

Strongbow · All-time great

Well done for keeping this going

indiana · Tennis legend

Has Thomas Bach been keeping well in touch with Peng's situation now that his precious Winter Olympics has taken place ??

flamingowings · All-time great

Hmmm. Returning to China in 2023 though?

www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/apr/26/wta-will-not-return-to-china-in-2022-as-resolution-to-peng-shuai-case-sought

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Steve Simon playing politics and image here - they cant go to China this year anyway due to Covid so it makes it feel and look strong to say that they arent going due to Peng.

But he is also holding out the olive branch (having been tipped off no doubt) that if there is some mutually acceptable resolution, then they will be back in 2023.

Feels like a scripted game to me

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Another month gone by and still no news. The wta have a duty i think to keep this alive as a story, shame they seem to have let it go quiet. Even if no news, just keeping its profile alive.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

I had forgotten about Peng. Has there been any news?

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Helen40 wrote:
I had forgotten about Peng. Has there been any news?

nope, and another month has gone by since my last post