Tennis Australia’s security has stopped two spectators from entering Melbourne Park for the Australian Open after they refused to remove their shirts featuring a message supporting female Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai. On Friday, Australian human rights activist Drew Pavlou uploaded a video on Twitter in which his friend Max Mok and another tennis fan were approached by security. The video shows a security guard saying to the pair that their T-shirts and banner with “Where is Peng Shuai?” written on them were not allowed as people are “not supposed to bring in political statements into the tournament.” Security confiscated the banner, but the pair refused to take off their T-shirts. Police were then called. They also told the tennis fans: “The Australian Open does have a rule that you can’t have political slogans … it’s a rule that it’s a condition of entry. Mok then made a call to Pavlou, …
Australian Open Fans Barred From Entry Over ‘Where Is Peng Shuai?’ T-shirts
January 23, 2022
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