Shortly after the WTA made it clear that the competitions in China were cancelled, the Chinese government responded that it objected to sports being 'politicized'.
Stutt eftir, at WTA gjørdi greitt, at kappingarnar í Kina vórðu avlýstar, svaraði kinesiska stýrið, at tað mótmælti, at ítróttur varð ”politiseraður”.