Peng Shuai t-shirt fundraiser reaches $10,000 goal

T-shirts with "Where is Peng Shuai?" printed on them could be handed out en masse at the Australian Open, with organisers raising thousands of dollars a day after Tennis Australia confiscated shirts and banners emblazoned with the message.

Peng — a two-time major champion in doubles — made allegations on social media against China's former vice-premier, Zhang Gaoli, last year and there have since been concerns for her wellbeing from across the tennis and wider sporting world.

A gofundme page set up to raise funds to print more T-shirts has reached its $10,000 goal and, according to organiser Drew Pavlou, an activist and critic of the Chinese Communist Party, every cent raised "will go towards the printing of these shirts".

"We're printing 1,000 t-shirts and we can see how many match-goers that they can stop," activist Max Mok told ABC Radio.

Over the weekend, Mok and others were ejected from Melbourne Park over the shirts and a banner with the same message.

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