Banning ‘Where Is Peng Shuai?’ T-shirts Is ‘Safe and Inclusive’: Tennis Australia

Banning ‘Where Is Peng Shuai?’ T-shirts Is ‘Safe and Inclusive’: Tennis Australia
Shuai Peng of China looks on during her match against Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland on Day 7 of the Connecticut Open at Yale in New Haven, Conn., on Aug. 24, 2017. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images
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Tennis Australia (TA) has again defended its decision to block fans from wearing t-shirts with slogans supporting Chinese doubles player Peng Shuai at Melbourne Park, saying the decision is to create a “safe and inclusive” environment.

The organisation has been under scrutiny after the footage made its way to social media last Friday showing a TA’s security guard confiscated a pro-Peng Shuai banner from two spectators and asked them to remove their “Where is Peng Shuai?” t-shirts.
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