MADRID, 2 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic showed his full support for the “very brave position” of the WTA to cancel their tournaments in China due to the lack of clarity on what is happening with tennis player Peng Shuai, whose whereabouts have been unknown for a few weeks after having denounced having been a victim of sexual abuse by the country’s former deputy prime minister.
“I fully support the position of the WTA because we do not have enough information about Peng Shuai and her well-being, and her health is of the utmost importance for tennis regardless of the fact that it is her,” Djokovic said at a press conference after the doubles match. between Serbia and Kazakhstan in the Davis Cup Finals.
The one from Belgrade pointed out that he did not see “anything wrong” in the decision of the women’s circuit and that “everyone, the ATP also” is requesting “clarity about what is happening.” “We do not have enough information, but I think it is a very courageous position of the WTA,” he stressed.
The number one in the world considered it “important” that all the tennis community be united in this matter and reiterated that it was “very sad” not to have “enough clarity” with what was happening with the Asian player. “It is the life of a tennis player that is in question, so, as a tennis community, we need to be together, and that is why I support the decision of the WTA,” he said.