China issued ultimatum over missing tennis star

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The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) has threatened to propulsion each tournaments from China if missing prima Peng Shuai is not found.

Peng has been incapable to beryllium contacted since taking to societal media connected November 2 to impeach a erstwhile Communist Party authoritative of intersexual battle against her.

On Thursday greeting determination was a troubling update erstwhile a statement was released from China, allegedly written by Peng and claiming she was simply "resting astatine home".

Soon aft that alternatively bizarre connection was released, WTA president Steve Simon issued his ain connection questioning it.

"The WTA and the remainder of the satellite request autarkic and verifiable impervious that she is safe. I person repeatedly tried to scope her via galore forms of communication, to nary avail," Simon said successful a statement.

"I person a hard clip believing that Peng Shuai really wrote the email we received."

Now, Simon has issued an ultimatum to China successful a hopeless bid to guarantee the information of the two-time Grand Slam doubles champion.

He says the WTA volition propulsion each tournaments from the state - of which determination are 10 events scheduled adjacent twelvemonth - if Peng is not found.

"If astatine the extremity of the time we don't spot the due results from this, we would beryllium prepared to instrumentality that measurement and not run our concern successful China, if that's what it came to," Simon said.

Multiple tennis superstars person publicly aired their concerns implicit Peng's disappearance.

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