Protester at Wimbledon thrown out after shouting 'Where is Peng Shuai'?

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Monday, 11 July 2022 at 02:30
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The safety of Peng Shuai was a hot topic a lot of months ago but since then nobody is really paying attention to the situation until today.
The presumed disappearance of Peng Shuai was a topic many months ago with many in the tennis community fearing for her safety of her. Since then things have settled down as Peng was seen well and alive in China confirming to multiple people in the sports community that nothing is wrong with her. That's been a while go with mainly radio silence since then.
Until today. Today a protester at Wimbledon was quickly dragged out of the 15.000 Centre Court following loud chants of 'Where is Peng Shuai'. The initial situation was initially reported as a scuffle between attendees but it's now understood that security personnel removed the fan with a swift manoeuvre after he shouted the remark. It happened early in the 3rd set with both players looking confused as to what was going on.
Kyrgios was generally more distracted by the stands during the encounter taking exception to the actions of several fans with one lady in particular. He asked the umpire to call the supervisor and do something about the situation. Djokovic won the match in four sets.

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