Women’s tennis tour the WTA will definitely not hold events in China this year but aims for a 2023 return if there is a solution with the country in connection with the Peng Shuai case , according to WTA chief Steve Simon. The WTA cancelled all 2022 events in the country after Peng disappeared from the public eye late last year after making sexual harassment claims against a former high-ranking politician on social media. The post was soon deleted, any reference censored, and Peng later said she did not make the allegations. She met International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach around the Beijing Winter Games in February but concerns about her well-being have remained. Simon told The Tennis Podcast, according to CNN on Monday, that the WTA remained committed to a transparent probe and solution. “We remain dedicated to finding a resolution to this,” Simon said. “We want to find a resolution that Peng can be comfortable with, the Chinese government can be comfortable with and we can be comfortable with. “We are not about walking away from China. We have suspended our operations there right now. We will continue to do that until we get to a resolution. How Peng Shuai is fanning the embers of China’s #MeToo movement “We will stay resolute. We do hope to be back there in 2023 with the resolution that shows progress was made in the space. That’s a victory for the world if we can accomplish that.”