| In a statement released Wednesday afternoon announcing the decision, Women's Tennis Association chairman Steve Simon said, "I don't see how I can ask our athletes to compete there when Peng Shuai is not allowed to communicate freely and has seemingly been pressured to contradict her allegation of sexual assault." Last month, Peng accused a former Chinese government official of sexual assault, and human rights organizations have expressed concern about her well being after her message was scrubbed from the Internet and she was not seen in public for more than two weeks. | 
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