as you might expect, at the heart of this of course is an allegation made by peng shuai against one of china s most powerful politicians you don t get more senior than a member of the standing committee of the politburo. zhang gaoli was a former vice premier. these are extraordinarily explosive allegations and despite all of the international concern coming notjust from the tennis governing bodies, not just from other fellow star tennis players, but from governments as well, all of that concern has been very, very muted in china. as you would expect, the censorship machine is in overdrive at the moment. this is about as sensitive as story as you can get and that is where the concern about her well being comes from. anybody who has been watching china over the past few years knows that you cannot make this allegation of this kind without facing some kind
made by peng shuai against one of china s most powerful politicians coming do not get more senior than zhang gaoli. he was a former vice premier. these are extraordinarily explosive allegations and despite all of the international concern coming not just from the international concern coming notjust from the tennis governing bodies, notjust from otherfellow governing bodies, notjust from other fellow star tennis players but from governments as well, all of that concern has been a very muted in china. as you would expect, the censorship machine is in overdrive at the moment. this is about as sensitive as story as you can get and that is where the concern for her well being comes from. anybody watching china for the past years knows you cannot make this allegation with some kind of political are consequences.
international reaction and concern about peng shuai is resonating within china do we know? as you might expect, at the heart of this of course is an allegation made by peng shuai against one of china s most powerful politicians you don t get more senior than a member of the standing committee of the politburo. zhang gaoli was a former vice premier. these are extraordinarily explosive allegations and despite all of the international concern coming notjust from the tennis governing bodies, not just from other fellow star tennis players, but from governments as well, all of that concern has been very, very muted in china. as you would expect, the censorship machine is in overdrive at the moment. this is about as sensitive as story as you can get and that
conversations stressful. djokovic, the leading ranked men s player in the world has had quite a regulationship with the media and also with tennis governing bodies down the years. very support you have of osaka and in the modern age when they have millions of followers, they can speak directly to the fans without using the conduit of the media. the oem issue we have being in this business for a year, the perfect press is there to provide friendly but critical questions to athletes and others. of course, though, we re dealing with such young athletes these days. we ll see what comes of all of this. alex thomas joining us live from london. many thanks. a momma bear and its cubs were no match for one california dog mom and her pups. footage captured the moments a seen shoved a bear off a backyard wall to protect her family s dogs. the pups charged toward the intruders and the bear started
has withdrawn from the french open. it follows her decision to boycott post match media duties at the grand slam tournament. she had been fined $15,000 by the organisers for failing to attend a news conference following her first round win. she released a statement on twitter saying i think now the best thing for the tournament, other players and my wellbeing is that i withdraw so that everyone can get back to focussing on the tennis. in her statement osaka said that talking to the media triggered anxiety. she said she had suffered bouts of depression since winning her first slam title at the us open in 2018 she wrote anyone that knows me knows i m introverted. i am not a natural public speaker there s been lots of reaction on social media already much of it in support of naomi osaka. writer roxanne gay tweets. good for osaka for prioritizing her mental health and shame on the french open and tennis governing bodies for making it come to this. the author wajahat ali says: good