The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) issued a statement on Sunday calling for a “full, fair, and transparent investigation” into sexual assault allegations made by Chinese tennis star, Peng Shuai, against China’s former vice premier. WTA Chairman & CEO Steve Simon said in the statement, “Peng Shuai, and all women, deserve to be heard, not censored. Her accusation about the conduct of a former Chinese leader involving a sexual assault must be treated with the utmost seriousness.” Peng Shuai, 35, formerly ranked world number one in doubles, revealed her multi-year long “coerced sexual relationship” with Zhang Gaoli on China’s Twitter like social media app Weibo. Zhang Gaoli, 75, was China’s vice premier between 2013 and 2018, and remains a high-profile political figure among the highest ranking Chinese Communist Party officials. Peng’s original post was deleted shortly after its release and her Weibo account frozen. However, the post had already gone viral and …