has no remit to act on policies of a sovereign state the wta can better afford to bring pressure since it is less dependent on income from china than the ioc or the nba the basketball league lost an estimated 400 million in broadcast rights when china blacked out its games in the 20192020 season after thenhouston rockets general manager daryl morey tweeted in support of protesters in hong kong the wta finals were held in mexico this month because of the pandemic with the event scheduled to return in 2022 to shenzhen china the wta holds a number of tournaments in china and the wta finals are scheduled there through 2030 in 2019 there were eight wta tournaments there as part of the china swing following the us open and just months before the pandemic hit in early 2020 simons statement said peng has displayed incredible courage but that he is still concerned about her safety the wta and the rest of the world need independent and verifiable proof that she is safe he wrote i have repeatedly tried to reach her via numerous forms of communications to no avail