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WTA: Chinese Tennis Star’s Call With IOC Is Not Enough

'This video does not change our call for a transparent investigation into her allegation of sexual assault'

WTA: Chinese Tennis Star’s Call With IOC Is Not Enough
Peng Shuai 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
Dorothy Li
11/22/2021|Updated: 11/22/2021

Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai’s video call with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) doesn’t address or alleviate the Women’s Tennis Association’s (WTA) concern about her well-being, the WTA said on Nov.22.

Global concerns about the former doubles world number one tennis player mounted following a rare, public sexual assault allegation she made against a retired top Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official on Nov. 2. The 1,500-character post was not visible on her verified Twitter-like Weibo account after around half an hour, and the 35-year-old player also disappeared from the public eye for almost three weeks.
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