Email fuels doubts over fate of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai

Chinese state media posts message purportedly from player

20211118 Shuai Peng in 2020

Peng Shuai at the 2020 Australian Open. The tennis star has not been seen in public since she made sex assault allegations against a former vice premier on Nov. 2. © Reuters

FRANCESCA REGALADO, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- The head of the global governing body for women's tennis has raised fresh concerns about the well-being of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai, after state media posted an email allegedly from the former Wimbledon doubles champion saying she was safe.

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