Peng Shuai announces retirement from tennis and calls sexual assault claim “misunderstanding”

Peng Shuai announced she's retiring from tennis and called sexual abuse allegations she'd made against a former Chinese government official a “huge misunderstanding,” in an interview with French sports news outlet L'Équipe, published Monday.Why it matters: Peng's interview discussing her earlier allegations against former Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli was conducted at the Chinese Olympic Committee’s hotel in Beijing in and the presence of a COC official, the Washington Post notes.Stay on top of the l