The WTA told Reuters that they had still not met Peng Shuai personally and will thus continue the suspension of women’s tennis tournaments in China.
Fourteen months after the former doubles No.1 Peng accused former Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault and the WTA’s immediate reaction to suspend all events in China, we still don’t have a resolution. The 2023 WTA calendar has been confirmed only up to September, without clarity on tournaments to be staged in the Asian country.