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Peng Shuai (Chinese: 彭帅; born 8 January 1986) is a Chinese professional tennis player. In February 2014, she was ranked world No. 1 doubles player by the WTA, becoming the first Chinese tennis player to achieve that ranking (in either singles or doubles). She peaked at No. 14 of the singles rankings in August 2011. She has won two singles and 22 doubles titles in international tournaments.
Peng won a gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games, defeating Akgul Amanmuradova in the final. At the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, Peng won her first ladies' doubles championship with Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan and again won at the 2014 French Open with Hsieh. Her best performance at a Grand Slam tournament in singles came at the 2014 US Open when she reached the semifinals, becoming the third Chinese tennis player in history to make a major semifinal after Zheng Jie and Li Na.
Peng is known for playing with two hands on both sides and hits very flat. She has 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.
On November 2, 2021, Peng posted on Weibo accusing Zhang Gaoli of coercing her into sex three years ago when he retired from the CCP PSC and vice-premiership of China, now that their extramarital affair was ending. Information about her story was quickly censored by the Chinese government. Afterwards, Peng disappeared from public view, showing up in state media two weeks later for several potentially staged appearances. In an e-mail and a December interview video from Lianhe Zaobao, she apparently denied having accused anyone of sexually assaulting her. The incident elicited lingering international concern over her safety, whereabouts, and ability to communicate freely.
