Former Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai, whose personal situation has been worrying since November after accusations against a former Chinese leader, mistakenly announced the tournament in Rome in his training schedule on Sunday.
The appearance of the name of the former world number one in doubles raised some questions but it was quickly replaced by the name of his compatriot and nickname Zhang Shuai, 40th player in the world, who is well registered in the Italian tournament.
This was clearly a mistake made on Saturday during the compilation of the Sunday training schedule. It changed quickly this morningorganizers told AFP.
The situation of Peng Shuai, 36, has caused a lot of questions and interest since he accused a former Chinese leader in early November of forcing him to have sex.
After these statements on a social network and quickly removed from the Chinese internet, he disappeared, causing concern, until he spoke via videoconference to the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), si Thomas Bach, Nov. 21.
Since then, he has made some rare appearances, especially at the Winter Olympics in Beijing.
In the Roma tournament, which starts on Monday for women, Zhang Shuai will face Italian Martina Trevisan in the first round.
Source: Radio-Canada
