Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai: I deleted sexual assault post


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China's Peng Shuai watches the women's freestyle skiing big air finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics. She has denied having made allegations of sexual assault. Photo: AP

Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai says she was the one who deleted the social media post last year that was seen as an allegation of sexual assualt against a top Chinese politician.

In an interview with the French sport newspaper L'Équipe published on Monday, the 36-year-old was asked why the post disappeared.

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