Follow usThe international Tennis Federation (ITF) will hold tournaments this year in China without a decision on the case of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai, reports “Reuters”.
Peng disappeared from public view shortly after accusing a former senior Communist Party official of sexual abuse in a social media post in November 2021. The ITF has announced that the first tournament will be from June 5 to 11 in Luzhou. The last full ITF season in China was in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The ITF expects the resumption of tournament activity in China for each of the tournaments later this year,” the world federation said in a statement.
The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), which runs the sport’s elite tournaments, has not announced whether it will resume hosting competitions in China.
At the end of 2021, UTA Chairman and CEO Steve Simon announced that UTA would suspend all tournaments, including the season finale, that were held in China due to concerns about Peng.
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