Garbiñe Muguruza doubts the full truth will ever come out in the Peng Shuai case

Last November, Peng reported on her sexual abuse by China’s former ex-Vice Prime Minister Zhang Gaoli in a short article on the Chinese short message service “Weibo“.

Her subsequent absence from the public led to protests and demands from numerous prominent colleagues and institutions such as the WTA for independently verifiable safety guarantees for the athlete.

Peng then appeared several times, especially in Chinese state media and in a video call with President Thomas Bach of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

However, despite her protestations to the contrary, there are still doubts about the integrity of the 36-year-old, especially since her last statement on December 20 was almost four weeks ago.

Garbiñe Muguruza praises WTA for crackdown

As a consequence of the lack of clarification of Peng’s allegations by the Chinese authorities, the WTA had previously canceled all tournaments in China and its special administrative region of Hong Kong until further notice, despite the associated losses of millions.

Muguruza paid the WTA great respect for this approach. “That made the WTA great. The WTA showed a lot of courage and character,” the former French Open and Wimbledon winner praised her umbrella organization. The world number three can only hope for clarity about what is happening around Peng: “Will we ever find out anything about it? I think China is too complicated a country to deal with.”

(SID)