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Today in Focus

The disappearance of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai

Today in Focus

The Guardian

News, Daily News

4.65.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai vanished after making an allegation of sexual assault against a senior political figure. Her subsequent reappearance has raised more questions than answers. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the Guardian.

0:07.6

Today, one of China's top tennis players has gone missing.

0:11.8

Is the state trying to silence her?

0:14.6

So Feng Shui is a very distinctive player in many ways.

0:22.6

She hits really flat, she stays quite low, her balls come pretty deep.

0:26.6

That was Maria Sharapobba's assessment when she was up against her in a match.

0:30.6

Oh yes!

0:32.6

Well what port awareness?

0:36.6

Well what port awareness play Feng Shui here?

0:46.6

In tennis, Feng Shui is one of the greats.

0:50.6

She was the first Chinese player to be ranked number one in the world in doubles.

0:54.6

And when you watch videos of her play, it's clear to see why.

0:58.6

It's like the force of her character comes through in every serve.

1:02.6

Off the court, she's known for having a joyful effervescent personality.

1:10.6

I love tennis, I want to be on a court, I want to be on a sweat fight.

1:16.6

I just want to be happy on the court.

1:18.6

She's also known for being very gritty, very determined.

1:22.6

She started playing when she was about eight, she had an uncle who was a tennis coach.

1:28.6

But when she was about 12 she had to have heart surgery and despite that she sort of came back.

1:36.6

There we see that, change up ball by Shui.

1:40.6

Smart.

1:41.6

She was quite unusual in being one of the handful of players who broke out of the state sports system.

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