Peng Shuai: Video claims to show tennis player at tournament

 

                       

Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has reportedly appeared as a guest at a tennis tournament in Beijing, according to state media footage.

State-affiliated media posted a clip said to be of Peng on Twitter, the latest to apparently show her.

Governments, tennis officials and players have voiced concerns about her wellbeing.

Two weeks ago she made sexual assault allegations against a former China vice-premier.

Since then she has not been in direct contact with the Women's Tennis Association.

On Saturday WTA chief Steve Simon said it was unclear from the first two clips published "if she is free and able to make decisions and take actions on her own, without coercion or external interference", calling the video "insufficient" evidence of her safety.

The UK Foreign Office meanwhile issued a statement saying it was "extremely concerned" and called on China to "urgently provide verifiable evidence of her safety and whereabouts".

A clip published on Sunday by the editor of the Global Times - a Chinese state-affiliated media organisation - said she is "at the opening ceremony of a teenager tennis match final".

It is the third clip published on that account, with the previous two purportedly showing Peng having dinner with her coach and friends in a restaurant.