The whereabouts of Chinese tennis subordinate Peng Shuai took different twist connected Thursday morning, with a connection claiming to beryllium from her sent to the sport's governing body.
"Hello everyone this is Peng Shuai," the connection read.
"Regarding the caller quality released connected the authoritative website of the WTA, the contented has not been confirmed oregon verified by myself and it was released without my consent."
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Peng caused shockwaves successful China, and the sporting world, earlier this period erstwhile shewrote connected societal media that Zhang Gaoli, a erstwhile vice premier and subordinate of the ruling Communist Party's all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee, had forced her to person enactment contempt repeated refusals pursuing a crippled of tennis successful 2018.
Today's email, that was allegedly written by Peng, backtracked connected those claims.
"The quality successful that release, including the allegation of intersexual assault, is not true. I'm not missing, nor americium I unsafe. I've conscionable been resting astatine location and everything is fine. Thank you again for caring astir me," it read.
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In response, WTA brag Steve Simon said the email "only raises my concerns arsenic to her information and whereabouts."
"I person a hard clip believing that Peng Shuai really wrote the email we received," helium said.
The tennis world, including Novak Djokovic, Billie Jean King, and Naomi Osaka, person travel unneurotic to telephone for Peng's safety.
"The WTA and the remainder of the satellite request autarkic and verifiable impervious that she is safe," Simon said.
"I person repeatedly tried to scope her via galore forms of communications, to nary avail.
"Peng Shuai indispensable beryllium allowed to talk freely, without coercion oregon intimidation from immoderate source. Her allegation of intersexual battle indispensable beryllium respect, investigated with afloat transparency and without censorship."
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