Beijing time, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. still remembers that in November 2022, in the Table Tennis Asian Cup held in India, the main force of China's national table tennis almost did not participate, and Zhang Benzhihe took advantage of the situation to win the championship. After returning to Japan, his father was so happy that he took his son to dinner, and he also rewarded him with a game console. At that time, her younger sister Zhang Benmeihe was still focusing more on the classroom and was still a junior high school student. Not yet famous.
After the 2022 Asian Cup, Tomokazu Zhang with his father
Now, from the Asian Cup to the World Cup, the brothers and sisters have appeared together in the competition, Zhang Benzhihe and Zhang Benmei are all "out", judging from their expressions, their parents are very happy - Zhang Ben's family posted the latest family photo of a family of four. Their parents hold the mascot of the Macau World Cup in their hands, and their older siblings each have a bronze medal on their chests. A look of pride.
After the 2024 World Cup, Zhang Ben's family photo
In this Macau World Cup, Zhang Yu and Zhang Ling actually participated with the Japanese team. They are both coaches and parents. The children performed amazingly, and after returning to Japan, the family of four went to dinner and seemed very happy.
Zhang Yu and Zhang Ling are both from Sichuan, and after going to Japan, they gave birth to their son Zhang Ben Zhihe in 2003 and their daughter Zhang Ben Meihe in 2008. And focus on cultivating children's table tennis skills. In Japan, there is a tradition of parents training their children to play table tennis, and parents such as Ai Fukuhara, Kasumi Ishikawa, and Misei Ito are all working hard to train their children and embarking their children on the path of professionalism. Zhang Yu and his wife are table tennis players themselves, and their children have also inherited the talent of table tennis.
Brother Tomokazu Zhang became famous very early, although the personality of yelling is sometimes not very pleasing, but over the years, Tomokazu Zhang has indeed relied on his own performance to grow into the first brother of Japanese men's table tennis. After participating in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, it is now the first choice for Japanese table tennis to participate in the Paris Olympics. And her younger sister Miwa Zhangmoto will begin to attract attention in 2023 and play in the Japanese domestic T-League, where she has repeatedly performed well.
At the end of 2023, the Table Tennis Mixed Team World Cup will be held in Chengdu, and the brother and sister will make a collective appearance. Although they lost to the Chinese team in aggregate, the Zhang brothers and sisters gained a lot: the elder brother defeated Fan Zhendong, and the younger sister Zhang Benmei and Hayasuke Togami partnered to defeat Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha. ——Back in Chengdu, Zhang Benzhihe said with a smile: My parents are from Sichuan, and I also like to eat hot pot, but you are too spicy.
And her sister Zhang Benmeihe, who was 14 years old at the time, was a little girl who hadn't grown up yet, and from time to time she made a grimace at her brother and was coquettish.
Entering 2024, the countdown to the Paris Olympics is heading out, and the Japanese table tennis team is starting to sprint in full force. A surprising news is that Miwa Zhang replaced Misei Ito and qualified for the Paris Olympics. On the one hand, it was indeed Zhang Benmeihe who relied on his own record to get the ticket. On the other hand, I also admire the courage of the Japanese Table Tennis Association, and really dare to abandon the Tokyo Olympic champion Misei Ito.
Perhaps the Japan Table Tennis Association has seen the bottleneck of Misei Ito, and it is difficult to break through by itself. And Zhang Benmeihe is very energetic and has great potential. Although Zhang Benmeihe loses games from time to time and will cry, judging from her record all the way, she does have great expectations, even surpassing her brother Zhang Benzhihe.
In the table tennis World Cup that ended in Macau, Zhang Benmeihe performed amazingly all the way! In the group stage, she defeated Zhang Mo 3-1 and defeated Jin Naying 4-0. Then beat Wang Yidi 4-1 in the knockout round, and then beat Diaz 4-1. You must know that Wang Yidi and Diaz were ranked higher than Zhang Benmei and the world at that time! Later, in the semifinals, Zhang Benmei and lost to Wang Manyu 2-4, and was able to win Wang Manyu 2 games.
Next, there will be a Grand Slam tournament in Saudi Arabia in May, and the Zhang brothers and sisters will continue to participate. The training of a series of competitions has made the technical and tactical abilities of Tomokazu Zhang and Meihe Zhang Ben improve by leaps and bounds. The Chinese national table tennis must have attached great importance to this brother and sister. Especially my sister Miwa Zhangmoto.