The WTA Tour’s long-awaited resolution on its return to China is “forthcoming” and the match schedule for the remainder of the yr is due within the coming weeks, the governing physique of girls’s tennis informed Reuters on Friday.
The WTA had mentioned in January the resumption of its operations within the nation would hinge on a decision to the Peng Shuai concern, with its officers not having met the Chinese former doubles world primary in particular person.
Peng had accused a senior Chinese authorities official of sexual assault in 2021 in a publish on social media that was quickly faraway from the nation’s web. She later denied having made the accusation.
Peng’s publish prompted a global outcry over her security and led the WTA to droop tournaments in China – a choice anticipated to have price the tour a whole lot of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in broadcasting and sponsorship.
A provisional 2023 match calendar launched late final yr listed occasions as much as September however there was no readability on occasions to be held in China.
“More discussion needs to take place but as we have reflected, a decision will be forthcoming,” a WTA spokesperson informed Reuters through electronic mail.
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“We will be providing an update and calendar in the coming weeks.”
The WTA had referred to as for a proper investigation into Peng’s allegations by the suitable authorities and a possibility to satisfy along with her privately and focus on her state of affairs.
The governing physique mentioned earlier this yr it had acquired affirmation Peng was protected and cozy, however added it could not compromise its founding ideas to function tournaments in China once more.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com