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Peng Shuai is a Chinese former professional tennis player. In February 2014, she was ranked as the world No. 1 doubles player by the Women's Tennis Association , becoming the first Chinese tennis player to achieve that ranking in any discipline. She peaked at world No. 14 of the singles rankings in August 2011, and won two singles and 23 doubles titles on the WTA Tour.

Peng won a gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games, defeating Akgul Amanmuradova in the singles final. At the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, Peng won her first major title, in women's doubles with Hsieh Su-wei. She also won the women's doubles title at the 2014 French Open with Hsieh. Her best performance at a major in singles came at the 2014 US Open where she reached the semifinals, becoming the third Chinese tennis player in history to reach a major semifinal after Zheng Jie and Li Na.

Peng was known for playing with two hands on both sides and hitting very flat. She defeated many top-10 and top-5 players, including Kim Clijsters, Martina Hingis, Amélie Mauresmo, Anastasia Myskina, Elena Dementieva, Francesca Schiavone, Jelena Janković, Agnieszka Radwańska, Marion Bartoli, and Vera Zvonareva.

In November 2021, in what was suspected to be a forced disappearance, Peng disappeared from public after making a post on Weibo. It detailed an affair involving Zhang Gaoli, a retired Chinese Vice Premier, who reportedly forced her to have sex with him. The news became widely censored in China. International concerns for Peng grew, and the WTA suspended all its events in the country. Peng has made some limited public appearances since the incident and announced her retirement from professional tennis. Although unsatisfied with the case, the WTA announced that it would return to China in 2023. Wikipedia

✵ 8. January 1986

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Famous Peng Shuai Quotes

“Regardless of the difficulties or frustrations you meet, you should think about your initial intention, and then you feel peaceful. For me, I enjoy the game and so I’m doing what I like.”

Peng Shuai

Source: "Peng Shuai: Eyes Ahead" in China Today http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/english/society/2014-11/07/content_650652_2.htm (7 November 2014)

“Tennis is only a sport, and we don’t intend to get involved in politics.”

Peng Shuai

Source: "Cross-strait tennis partners 'forced' to talk politics" in South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1278632/cross-strait-tennis-partners-forced-talk-politics (9 July 2013)

“From the beginning year I was doing lot of fitness and also, like, I keep practice, try to improve my game. Maybe this time I find a way or I catch, like, right time.”

Peng Shuai

Source: "Playing All the Angles, Peng Shuai Keeps Her US Open Dream Alive" in ESPN https://www.espn.com/espnw/news-commentary/story/_/id/11454748/playing-all-angles-peng-shuai-keeps-us-open-dream-alive (2 September 2014)

“I admit I am not a good girl, but a very very bad girl.”

Peng Shuai

Source: "Tennis star's shocking sex claims against China's former vice premier" in Yahoo Sport https://nz.news.yahoo.com/news/tennis-2021-peng-shuai-sex-claims-against-top-official-021334860.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGYF2UYPFJLruTaEaNJmi8szorbsAdxJ_L2lU7bnZj7sqhbyy4BYpL8htEPJvxdtyPVNd0RWqZVsXTo8o_SkbCguK2xu8UbxANCllw9gHQTiE71_IEfO9HccpcQs3PA1W78zLF5xgcNKxJwzhF7vsujrbVO-jyO5oz4SO2JY8B3S (3 November 2021)