世界女子职业网球协会(WTA)主席 Steve Simon 此前说,如果中国女将彭帅的安危依然成谜,且她提出的性侵指控没有获得适当的调查,他愿意撤出在中国的赛事。
曾获温布顿(Wimbledon)网球锦标赛与法国公开赛(French Open)女双冠军的彭帅,本月稍早在中国社群媒体指控前中国国务院前副总理张高丽在他们分分合合的恋情中,“强迫”她发生性行为。
她的贴文马上遭微博删除,之后35岁的彭帅音讯全无,让外界更担心她的安危。
之后,WTA呼吁拿出她人还平安的证据,且有愈来愈多网球明星关注彭帅案例,包括日本好手大直美(Naomi Osaka)、塞尔维亚名将乔科维奇(Novak Djokovic)与美国好手小威廉丝(Serena Williams)。
WTA主席告诉美国有线电视新闻网(CNN),为了确保彭帅人身安全,即使丧失数以亿计美元的业务,他也在所不惜。
他说:“我们绝对愿意撤回我们的业务,并处理随之而来的所有后果,因为这绝对比业绩更重要。”
We are united with the rest of tennis in the need to understand that Peng Shuai is safe.
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) November 20, 2021
Full statement ?? pic.twitter.com/PDSiq7KlJ8
ITF statement: Peng Shuai pic.twitter.com/en5UFgPTjw
— ITF (@ITFTennis) November 19, 2021
Djokovic says Peng situation horrifying, says tennis must unite *****MOWRB3muF8 pic.twitter.com/igFKSNLlxj
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 20, 2021
Peng Shuai: New video 'insufficient' evidence of Chinese player's welfare - WTA *****D3ErPr9s4A
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) November 20, 2021
.@WTA chairman and CEO Steve Simon:
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) November 19, 2021
"To date, we still have not been able to get a response” from Peng Shuai. *****y1RCsN8BMI
Steve Simon is not for turning.
— The Tennis Podcast (@TennisPodcast) November 19, 2021
‘We are at a crossroads for our business with China. There are too many times in our world where we let business, politics, money dictate what’s right and wrong.’ #WhereIsPengShuai
pic.twitter.com/WGGGRQJavF @CNN
Ding Li just tweeted this saying he was eating with #PengShuai at Yibing restaurant in Beijing, indicating Peng is OK.
— Jennifer Zeng 曾錚 (@jenniferatntd) November 20, 2021
The problem is, Ding Li was last on Twitter in 2012. After 9 years, this is the first time he took the pain to tweet.
Why doesn't Pengshuai post herself? *****WUSEIevsmH
In fact, rewatching it now the clip even starts with someone off-camera saying 'OK OK now is perfect!' Then a couple of seconds of silence, before the coach launches into what seems to be her training plan for next year, hammering in there that 'tomorrow is Nov 21st'. So scripted
— Cindy Yu (@CindyXiaodanYu) November 20, 2021
Totally logical to focus filming the blurred out date on the door before going in. /sarcasm Then jump to another cut with her already inside instead of filming opening the door and people walking in. Lol this #propaganda clip may fool some but not an international audience. *****NKQetjkb5M
— Liddokun (@Liddokun) November 20, 2021
The China Foreign Ministry is claiming they're "not aware" of the disappearance of tennis star Peng Shuai, who vanished after accusing a powerful Chinese politician of sexual assault. *****hdrpPoHBXY
— TMZ (@TMZ) November 19, 2021