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Women’s Tennis Association chair and chief executive Steve Simon has decided to suspend all tournaments in China, including Hong Kong, effective immediately.
"In good conscience, I don’t see how I can ask our athletes to compete there when Peng Shuai is not allowed to communicate freely and has seemingly been pressured to contradict her allegation of sexual assault," Simon said in a statement.