Peng Shuai: Images appear to show missing Chinese tennis star, WTA calls the evidence "insufficient"

Sunday, 21 November 2021 (10:30 IST)
Official photographs and a video published by a tournament in China appear to show missing tennis star Peng Shuai among attendees.

Peng's whereabouts have been a matter of growing international concern. She had not been seen or heard from since accusing a former Chinese vice premier Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault in a social media post on November 2.

Editor-in-Chief at Chinese state-owned newspaper The Global Times tweeted the footage of Peng at the Fila Kids Junior Tennis Challenger Finals.

Peng Shuai showed up at the opening ceremony of a teenager tennis match final in Beijing on Sunday morning. Global Times photo reporter Cui Meng captured her at scene. pic.twitter.com/7wlBcTMgGy

— Hu Xijin ??? (@HuXijin_GT) November 21, 2021


The Women's Tennis Association (WTA), which has been vocally calling for proof of Peng's whereabouts, called the evidence "insufficient." It added that the footage does not address the WTA's concerns.

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