Speaking to The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia’s defence minister Peter Dutton had said two weeks ago that more needs to be done to draw attention to China’s treatment of women. Stream live → #TCLive l #AusOpen /RPi7ZwQkpcįrench player Nicolas Mahut also slammed TA’s response, tweeting: “What lack of courage! What if you did not have Chinese sponsors.” WTA fall tournaments in China remain up in the air and updates on Peng Shuai continue to raise concern. “TA is just really capitulating on this issue … letting the Chinese really dictate what they do at their own Slam. On Monday, tennis legend Martina Navratilova called AO’s decision to bar protestors as “pathetic”, telling US media the organisers had acted “cowardly.”
Human rights are not political but shutting down human rights advocacy is a deeply political act.” Craig Foster, Former Socceroos captain tweeted: “Australian sport should (Hundred points symbol) support athlete & fans’ human rights protest & not be shaped by commercial relationships with other countries, whoever they may be. Reaction to the eviction of the two activists was swift. Taylor Fritz When Andy Roddick, the last American man to win a Grand Slam singles title, won the United States Open in 2003, Reilly Opelka and. Pavlou added that this was not a political message of Vote X or Vote Y, but “concern for the safety of a woman who might be going through the toughest time of her life.”Īustralian media also widely quoted that one of AO’s main sponsors is state-owned Baijiu distillery Luzhou Laojiao with the fifth main show court at Melbourne Park named the 1573 Arena after the company’s Guojiao 1573 brand, as part of a five-year deal estimated to be worth at least 40 million pounds. It turns out they take 25 million US dollars in annual sponsorship from Chinese corporates. Sadly, Tennis Australia did not take a very strong stand. Court 2 at the tournament's Melbourne Park venue was named the ' 1573 Arena ', after the company's Guojiao 1573 brand, starting from the 2019 Australian Open. Speaking to Grants on Monday, Pavlou said, “Look, Peng Shuai was a huge news tidal wave, but it died away, as things go,” adding, “We just wanted to bring the conversation back with Australian Open because WTA has taken a very strong stand not allowing tournaments to be hosted in China. In 2019, Luzhou Laojiao became an associate sponsor of the Australian Open tennis tournament for five years, making it the largest Chinese sponsor in Australian Open history.
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Chinese professional tennis star Peng Shuai and former Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli.
Peng Shuai had earlier accused a top Chinese official of assault (“forced to have sex” and myriad emotional abuse) in a post that was taken down by Chinese authorities. Cain Arena (unreserved seating area) Access to Kia Arena, 1573 Arena and other. Pavlou has collected USD 10,000 by Monday after setting up a GoFundMe page to raise money to “go towards printing T-shirts.” Luzhou Laojio is China’s leading and oldest sorghum distilled liquor brand, dating back to 1573. It is the second-largest venue and show court for the Australian Open.
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