The head of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) is to suspend future email communication with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, as the once-missing player still cannot express herself freely, a spokesman said on Nov. 27. The sports body had been seeking to hear from the former top-ranked doubles player over the past three weeks. It came after Peng made accusations of sexual assault against a now-retired top Chinese official in a Nov. 2 post, which swirled around the country’s heavily controlled Internet. The 35-year-old player then vanished from public view for about 20 days, before reappearing on Chinese state media and in a video call with Olympics officials last week. Steve Simon, the chairman of the WTA, said he is concerned that Peng is still under censorship and coercion from the Chinese regime, the WTA spokesperson said. “The WTA remains concerned about her ability to communicate freely, openly, and directly,” …