On January 10, Beijing time, according to Japanese media reports, the cooperation between Chinese table tennis player Zhang Benmei and Chinese coach Sun Xue was announced in May 2021.
According to Japanese media reports, Sun Xue has been the coach of Zhang Benmeihe since 2018. Under the careful cultivation of the former, Zhang Benmeihe gradually grew into the king of the same age group in Japan, and even had the strength to challenge the U18 age group. However, Sun Xue's cooperation with Zhang Benmeihe lasted only three years and ended in May 2021. At present, Zhang Benmeihe's coaching work is jointly completed by her parents Zhang Benyu and Zhang Benling. Although the Japanese media did not disclose the reason why Zhang Benmei and Chinese coach Sun Xue parted ways, the whole process of ending the cooperation was obviously not very pleasant. Because Sun Xue has now deleted all the photos with Zhang Benmeihe that had been posted on social media, and just over a year ago, Sun Xue also revealed that the latter saved pocket money to buy gifts for himself to celebrate his birthday, and the relationship between the master and apprentice can be said to be very good.
Zhang Benmeihe parted ways with his former mentor, which made fans deeply regretful, but also quite dissatisfied with Zhang Ben's family's suspected move of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge. After all, Sun Xue made enough efforts in the process of Zhang Benmeihe's talent, and in order to spend more time with her disciples for careful guidance, she often had to travel back and forth between Tokyo (where she worked) and Sendai (Zhang Benmeihe's home), which was quite hard and not easy. After the disciple made a name for himself, Sun Xue's coaching position was dismissed and replaced by her parents, which inevitably led to the suspicion of "picking peaches". After all, if Zhang Ben's parents had decided to be their daughter's coach, they wouldn't have had to spend money to hire Sun Xue.