Dylan Bettencourt
Ababhikishi abebegqoke izikibha ezibhalwe ukuthi uphi u-Peng Shuai kwi-Wimbledon baveze ukuthi babehlukunyezwa onogada.
Leli qembu labesilisa lithe inhloso yalo ukuqwashisa ngomdlali wase-China uPeng Shuai owake waba ngumpetha wokuqala owaziwayo.
UShuai wanyamalala emehlweni omphakathi ngemuva kokusola usopolitiki osezingeni eliphezulu ngokumcindezela ukuthi aye ocansini.
Umsolwa oneminyaka engu-36 ubudala ufake lezi zinsolo enkundleni yezokuxhumana yase-China ngaphambi kokuba lo mbhalo ususwe ngokushesha.
UShuai useke waphumela obala selokhu kwenzeka lesi sigameko, kodwa ukukhathazeka ngokuphepha kwakhe kusasele.
Umbhikishi uWill Hoyles uthe abazele ukuzodala izinkinga.
“Size lapha sizama ukuzoveza uvo lwethu ngokwenzekayo, kodwa i-Wimbledon isivele yenza izinto zazimbi kakhulu ngokusihlukumeza,” kusho uWill.
Uthe izikhulu zibuze imibuzo eminingi ngokuthi sizokwenzenjani nokuthi kungani silapha.
“Sibatshele ukuthi siyazulazula futhi sizikhulumela nabantu abambalwa nokuyilapho babonakale sebeqala ukusisola.”
Ilungu le-Conservative MP uIain Duncan Smith uthe i-England ayifani ne-China.
“I-Wimbledon ethandakayo, engafani ne-China XI siyakwazisa ukukhuluma ngokukhululeka kuleli. Abantu abafisa ukuphakamisa amazwi abo besekela uPeng Shuai kufanele bavunyelwe ukwenza lokho,” bebhale ku-Twitter.
Okhulumela i-All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club ophinde abe ngumhleli we-Grand Slam uthe ababhikishi bafikelwe ngabasebenzi, kodwa sijabulile ukuchitha nabo usuku.
“Basaqhubeka nokugqoka izikibha zabo,” kusho okhulumela amaphoyisa.
“Njengeningi lomphakathi wethenisi kanye nabantu emhlabeni jikelele sikhathazeke kakhulu ngoPeng Shuai futhi siyaqhubeka nokweseka imizamo ye-WTA.”
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