The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) and a rights group have cast doubt on an email that Chinese state-run media are attributing to missing Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai. The email, released on Nov. 17 by communist party-controlled media and not Peng herself, which begins “Hello everyone this is Peng Shuai,” has failed to quell concerns for Peng’s safety and whereabouts. The email, written in Peng’s voice, claims that she is not missing or unsafe. The email comes after Peng made sexual assault allegations on her now-deleted Weibo account against a former high-ranking communist party official. In those comments, Peng told the accused, “I know you will deny it and you will get back at me.” “The statement released today by Chinese state media concerning Peng Shuai only raises my concerns as to her safety and whereabouts,” WTA Chairman Steve Simon said in a Wednesday statement. Peng, a 35-year-old Grand Slam doubles champion, alleged in her Twitter-like post …