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Tennis has been plunged into a crisis in its key relations with China after demands were issued for an investigation into sexual abuse allegations made by former Wimbledon doubles champion Peng Shuai.
The WTA Tour issued a statement last night out of concern for the 35-year-old player, who won the All England Club title in 2013, and also made the singles top 20.
Last week she posted on Chinese social media site Weibo alleging that she had been forced into having sex with senior politician Zhang Gaoli. He is forty years her senior and until 2018 served as the government's senior Vice Premier.
Tennis is in crisis after calls for an investigation into sexual abuse allegations by Peng Shuai
Peng, 35, is a famous Chinese tennis player and former winner of the Wimbledon doubles title
While acknowledging that the two of them had an affair in the past dating back to 2011, she stated (in her native language) that in 2018 it was rekindled, and she was compelled into having sex with him at his home.
The message, on a platform heavily monitored by the Chinese authorities, was taken down within 30 minutes. Since then internet references to one of the nation's
