Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai’s recent interview with French sports newspaper L’Equipe “does not alleviate any of our concerns” regarding her previous sexual assault claim, Chief Executive of the Women Tennis Association (WTA) Steve Simon said on Tuesday. Peng gave her first interview to a foreign news outlet on Sunday, during which she asserted that her sexual assault claim against China’s ex-deputy leader Zhang Gaoli on social media last November sparked an “enormous misunderstanding.” “I never said that anyone made me submit to a sexual assault,” the newspaper quoted her saying. “My private life should not be brought up in sports and politics.” Peng also denied going missing after making the allegation, claiming that it was just “impossible to respond to so many messages.” The interview was organized by China’s Olympic Committee, with the help of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Throughout the interview, Peng was accompanied by a Chinese …