Tennis Body On Ex-No.1 Player's Assault Charge Against Chinese Politician

Peng Shuai, an ex-world number one Tennis player, purportedly made the sex assault claim about the former Chinese vice premier in a post on Weibo earlier this month.

Tennis star Peng Shuai's allegations that she was sexually assaulted by a powerful Chinese politician "must be investigated fully, fairly, transparently and without censorship," the head of the WTA said Sunday.

Peng, an ex-world number one doubles player, purportedly made the claim about former vice premier Zhang Gaoli in a post on the Twitter-like Weibo earlier this month.

"The recent events in China concerning a WTA player, Peng Shuai, are of deep concern," said WTA chairman Steve Simon.