Special Holding Court with Patrick McEnroe- Yaxue Cao from ChinaChange.org on the Peng Shuai situation

Yaxue Cao is the founder and editor of ChinaChange.org, an English-language website devoted to news and commentary related to civil society, rule of law, and human rights activities in China. The site works to help the rest of the world understand what people are thinking and doing to effect change in China. Reports and translations on China Change have been cited by the New York Times, Time magazine, the Guardian, the Telegraph, the Washington Post, the New Republic magazine (to name a few) and Congressional reports. Ms. Cao grew up in northern China during the Cultural Revolution and studied literature in the US. She lives in Washington, DC.

On this special episode of Holding Court, Patrick updates us on the Australian Open vaccine mandate, the Davis Cup, and the Peng Shuai situation

Holding Court Special Report: Author Chris Fenton joins Patrick with an update on the ongoing Peng Shuai story.

Developing news in the Peng Shuai story and the Australian Open announcing mandatory vaccination….. What’s this mean for top ranked unvaccinated players ?

Christopher Clarey has covered global sports for The New York Times for more than 25 years from bases in France, Spain and the United States. He is one of the world’s leading authorities on tennis and has reported from more than 90 Grand Slam tournaments, chronicling the major figures and issues of the Open era and interviewing everyone from Bjorn Borg to Serena Williams. His other areas of expertise include the Olympics, soccer and sailing. He has covered seven Summer Olympics, seven Winter Olympics, six World Cups, five America’s Cups and nine world track and field championships.  But he also has reported on nearly every major international sport, including 10 Ryder Cups and the Super Bowl, and has written about everything from bullfighting to sepak takraw to the Inuit sport known as the knuckle hop. 

His book “The Master: The Long Run and Beautiful Game of Roger Federer” was published in 2021.

Special Holding Court Episode- Patrick McEnroe offers a genuine response to China's missing tennis star, Peng Shuai. 

The 2021 Laver Cup Redux!  This was the fourth edition of the Laver Cup, a men's tennis tournament between teams from Europe and the rest of the world. It was held on indoor hard courts at the TD Garden in Boston, United States from 24 until 26 September. 

Team Europe captain Björn Borg, vice captain Thomas Enqvist and Team World captain John McEnroe, vice captain Patrick McEnroe. 

Team Europe won the title for a fourth consecutive edition.

Christopher Clarey is an American journalist who is a global sports columnist and tennis writer for The New York Times. He is also a regular contributor to ESPN. 

He has written two books: Davis Cup by NEC: The Year in Tennis 1997 and Davis Cup Yearbook 1999: The Year in Tennis.

Patrick has a few thoughts on the 2021 U.S. Open on this episode of Holding Court.

US Open 2021 Preview on this Episode of Holding Court with Patrick McEnroe

Liz Clarke is an American sportswriter. Currently a sportswriter for The Washington Post, she has covered the sport of NASCAR for The Charlotte Observer, Dallas Morning News, USA Today and The Post. She currently covers the Georgetown Hoyas men's college basketball team for the Washington Post.

Roger Federer to undergo another knee surgery, will miss the U.S. Open

Roger Federer said the surgery would put him “on crutches for many weeks and out of the game for many months.”

• Aug 15, 2021