Peng Shuai: Never forced the partner to withdraw in any way, and will not retire from the competition

TIU (International Tennis Ethics Investigation Group) issued a penalty yesterday, saying that Chinese player Peng Shuai was banned for 3 months for illegally changing doubles partners during Wimbledon last year, plus a 3-month suspension. In response, Peng Shuai said that he had never forced his partner to withdraw from the competition in any way. She will not retire in this regard, and whether to appeal will be resolved with a lawyer.

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According to the news released by TEU, Peng Shuai tried to persuade his doubles partner Uyvank to withdraw from the competition in a way that he tried to persuade his doubles partner Uyvank to withdraw from the competition in order to replace his doubles partner after the 2017 Wimbledon registration deadline. TiU said the conduct violated the clause that "no one may orchestrate intervention, or attempt to orchestrate any outcome of any event." In response, Peng Shuai said, "In my twenty-year career, I have never forced my partner to withdraw from the competition in any way. ”

Peng Shuai said, "During the Wimbledon period last year, Inimiza and my partner were injured and temporarily changed partners, my former foreign coach at the time and Van Uyvank's coach had problems in communication, and was reported by the other coach. After I was called by TEU to interrogate, the interrogator also felt that there was some misunderstanding at the time, so I went to London to find the WTA referee to communicate with Uyvank and explain clearly. ”

"After understanding the rules with the referee, I knew that Mirza and I could not change partners, and confirmed that we had doubles with Uyvank. Then waited for Uyvank for more than three hours, she did not come, and after the game began, she received a text message from her who said she was out of the doubles match due to injury. Her subsequent withdrawal from doubles was entirely her personal act and we never gave her money to give her a fake injury to retire. Mirza and I were very much hoping to match, and through Bertrand we did mention the bonus of being willing to give her the first round, which was used to compensate for the loss of Uyvank's rental and change of itinerary. In addition, I am not fully aware of the conversation between former coach Bertrand and Coach Uyvank. ”

Peng Shuai finally said that she would not retire from the army, and whether to appeal would be resolved with the lawyer.