Belgium's Alison Van Uytvanck on Sunday accused Peng Shuai of "stalking" her in the controversy which saw the Chinese tennis star banned and fined in a Wimbledon corruption row. Van Uytvanck had been due to play women's doubles with Peng at Wimbledon in 2017 but the Chinese was accused of then trying to dump the Belgian for another partner after the sign-in deadline.

Peng was banned for six months and fined $10,000 by the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) who said the 32-year-old "used coercion and offered the possibility of financial reward" to convince Van Uytvanck to pull out. Peng, who was the number one doubles player in February 2014, had the "offer" rebuffed and failed to play doubles at the All England Club.