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Peng Shuai signs children’s balls at Beijing tennis competition

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Peng Shuai signs children’s balls at Beijing tennis competition

Footage published by Chinese state media shows athlete Peng Shuai attending a tennis tournament in Beijing on Saturday (21 November).

The video, uploaded on Twitter by Hu Xijin, editor of the Chinese state-affiliated Global Times, appears to show Shuai signing large-sized tennis balls at the opening ceremony of Fila Kids Junior Tennis Challenger Final.

Peng, the former Wimbledon doubles champion, had been declared missing since she alleged that former vice-premier Zhang Gaoli had sexually assaulted her.

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