{"id":161274,"date":"2021-11-16T21:44:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T22:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=161274"},"modified":"2021-11-17T03:03:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T03:03:13","slug":"osaka-in-shock-after-chinese-star-vanished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=161274","title":{"rendered":"Osaka &#039;in shock&#039; after Chinese star vanished"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two-time Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka has become the latest name in the tennis world to voice concern over the safety of Peng Shuai.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/peng-shuai-accuses-ex-vice-chinese-premier-sexual-assault\/d3a075bf-c1e9-4096-b76a-57f4cc1c4a14\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Peng wrote on social media\">Peng wrote on social media<\/a> that Zhang Gaoli, a former vice premier and member of the ruling Communist Party&#x27;s all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee, had forced her to have sex despite repeated refusals following a game of tennis three years ago.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"56e68866-d1bd-477a-97ad-85cefd220761\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/56e68866-d1bd-477a-97ad-85cefd220761\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1776\" data-height=\"999\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/novak-djokovic-peng-shuai-disappearance-wta-ceo-calls-for-investigation\/262ba243-7aa9-467b-914a-1883811c1399\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Novak Djokovic\">Novak Djokovic<\/a>, Billie Jean King, and others called for clarity on the situation, Osaka joined the chorus this morning (AEDT).<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Hey everyone, not sure if you&#x27;ve been following the news but I was recently informed of a fellow tennis player that has gone missing shortly after revealing that she has been sexually assaulted,&quot; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/motorsport\/f1-2021-oscar-piastri-signed-by-alpine-f1-team-as-reserve-driver-for-2022\/a283b7be-2aef-4e2b-ae23-9592ac1e9f14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Aussie prodigy signs 2022 Formula 1 deal\"><strong>Aussie prodigy signs 2022 Formula 1 deal<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/football\/fifa-world-cup-qualifying-2021-australia-draw-with-china-drop-to-third-in-group\/ce2ed916-0edc-4c91-ba4f-6e4cb9f9dbe1\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Crucial points dropped by Socceroos\"><strong>Crucial points dropped by Socceroos<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Censorship is never OK at any cost, I hope Peng Shuai and her family are safe and OK. I&#x27;m in shock of the current situation and I&#x27;m sending love and light her way. #whereispengshuai&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/naomiosaka\/status\/1460723353174433793\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/naomiosaka\/status\/1460723353174433793<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since the explosive allegations, Peng has disappeared from public view.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/wta-tour-china-boycott-peng-shuai-social-media-post-sexual-assault-allegations\/415dbbff-08ff-4229-9c29-e0464568bd8c\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"the head of the women&#x27;s professional tennis tour called for a full investigation of the allegations\">the head of the women&#x27;s professional tennis tour called for a full investigation of the allegations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We&#x27;ve received confirmation from several sources, including the Chinese Tennis Association, that she is safe and not under any physical threat,&quot; WTA boss Steve Simon said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/the-mole-isaiah-papalii-parramatta-eels-dolphins-wests-tigers-contract-russell-fairfax\/a2e92991-cbba-4406-9a5a-d05a4729edaa\"><strong>Papali&#x27;i rejects huge Dolphins offer<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/basketball\/nba-scottie-pippen-says-michael-jordan-ruined-basketball\/c857ed6e-fa4b-4338-854a-34a74905777f\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"\"><strong>Scottie Pippen says Michael Jordan &#x27;ruined basketball&#x27;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p> &quot;My understanding is that she is in Beijing in China, but I can&#x27;t confirm that because I haven&#x27;t spoken directly with her.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Peng has won 23 tour-level doubles titles, including at Wimbledon in 2013 and Roland-Garros in 2014. She was a semi-finalist in singles at the US Open in 2014.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Two-time Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka has become the latest name in the tennis world to voice concern over the safety of Peng Shuai. Earlier <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=161274\" title=\"Osaka &#039;in shock&#039; after Chinese star vanished\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161274"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=161274"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161276,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161274\/revisions\/161276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=161274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=161274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=161274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}