by admin | Sep 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The women’s professional tennis tour will hold its season-ending 2022 WTA Finals in Fort Worth, Texas, moving the event out of China for the second year in a row. The Florida-based WTA announced on Tuesday that Dickies Arena will be the site for the Oct. 31 to...
by admin | May 24, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Tennis star Peng Shuai and Chicago Sky star Candace Parker were among the athletes who made the cut for Time’s list of the 100 most influential people in 2022. The list also included 2022 Olympic gold medalist Nathan Chen, Australian Open champion Rafael Nadal...
by admin | May 17, 2022 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
The WTA has released an updated tournament calendar for the 2022 season, with no events taking place in China and the venue for the season-ending WTA Finals yet to be disclosed. The Tour said last month it was still working to find a resolution to the stand-off with...
by admin | Apr 25, 2022 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
The WTA is still working to find a resolution to the standoff with Chinaover the Peng Shuai issue but will not return to the country this year, Tour chief Steve Simon said. Former doubles world number one Peng’s wellbeing became a concern for the WTA after she posted...
by admin | Feb 8, 2022 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
The WTA have continued to express concern for Peng Shuai after the Chinese tennis star spoke publicly to deny she disappeared or was sexually assaulted. Shuai broke her silence in an interview with French publication L’Equipe, insisting she was never...
by admin | Jan 28, 2022 | #MeToo, SEW
Xiao, a Chinese-born and Melbourne-based artist, was disturbed that the plight of the Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai had slipped off the radar ahead of the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. So she designed a T-shirt, and much to the dismay of Australian Open...
by admin | Dec 23, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
The latest statements from Peng Shuai, the tennis star who disappeared after accusing one of China’s most powerful men of sexual assault, have left the world wondering what to make of the athlete’s explosive claims. In an interview this past Sunday, Peng appeared to...
by admin | Dec 21, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Peng Shuai, the Chinese tennis star who took to social media last month to accuse a former top Communist Party official of sexual assault insisted in an interview on Sunday that it had all been a misunderstanding. Peng, a former No. 1-ranked player in women’s...
by admin | Dec 10, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The WNBA’s Atlanta Dream shared its support for tennis player Peng Shuai, who was reported missing after accusing a Chinese government official of sexual assault. “The Atlanta Dream believes that protecting civil and human rights is a fundamental part of our...
by admin | Dec 10, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
There will be no World Tennis Tour events held in China in 2022, an International Tennis Federation (ITF) source confirmed to Reuters on Thursday. The source did not say if the move was linked to concerns over the health and safety of doubles star Peng Shuai. Read...
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