WTA tournaments will return to China after boycott over Peng Shuai allegations
The Women's Tennis Association will resume tournaments in China this year having accepted an investigation into the sexual assault allegations made by former player Peng Shuai will not be carried out by the Chinese government.she was "forced" into a sexual relationship with former China vice-premier Zhang Gaoli.and said it would not return until there was an investigation and it had proof of Peng's safety.
"We've been in this for 16 months and we are convinced that at this point our requests will not be met," WTA chief executive Steve Simon told BBC Sport. And crucially, the season-ending WTA Finals will resume its 10-year deal with the city of Shenzhen. Prize money this year, as it was in the first year of the contract in 2019, will be £11.2m.And despite promising a hard-line stance with the Chinese government, in which there would be no room for compromise, he says he has not considered resigning.
Simon says this change of heart was not forced upon them by commercial realities, but accepts members would have "sacrificed a great deal" had the WTA Tour withdrawn from China for good.
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