SHENZHEN, China - Former French Open champion Michael Chang is no longer coaching China's Peng Shuai but still believes he could help Chinese chances of winning medals at next year's Beijing Olympics.
Peng Shuai
The Chinese-American, who took over as coach of China's number two early this year, said he had disagreed with Peng over the length of time she spent training and had "quite recently" broken his connection with her.
"I'm not going to be her official coach any more," he told reporters at Mission Hills, where he will open a tennis academy next year.
"She needs someone to travel with her and I just don't have the time to be able to do that. We'd always keep our door open and if she ever needs anything...
"Peng Shuai and I would butt heads a little bit on the time she put in to training," he added. "I think she thought that at times I was too strict and (she) ended up putting in more time than she was used to."
Chang, champion at Roland Garros in 1989, said the Chinese needed to change the way they prepared their players in areas such as physical training, playing style, scouting opponents and racket technology.
"My experience over this past year is that there are things that can be improved upon and certainly an open mind is a good start," he said.
"If I was more heavily involved with preparing the Olympic team I think the opportunity for them to do well and possibly win another medal or multiple medals, in my opinion, would increase," he added.
China's Sun Tiantian and Li Ting were the surprise winners of the women's doubles at the 2004 Olympics and a stellar 2006 encouraged hopes of more medals on home soil in 2008.
The 2007 season was, however, disappointing for the Chinese women as injury and poor form took their toll.
Despite his split with world number 45 Peng, Chang said his relationship with the China Tennis Association (CTA) was "pretty good" and he still hoped to be part of China's team at the Beijing Games next August.
"My heart is with Chinese tennis so if there's an opportunity to help the team or have an advisory role then I'll take advantage of that," the former world number two said.
2017届高考英语语法专题复习教案:必备句型全归纳
(湖南省专用)高考英语总复习 模块1 语法填空课件(新人教版)
2017届高考英语语法专题复习教案:近年高考题荟萃
重庆市北大附中实验学校高考英语复习课件 高三:Unit 9-10
(湖北省专用)高考英语总复习 模块5-短文写作课件(大纲人教版)
2017年高考冲刺总复习:第4模块-信息匹配专题课件
重庆市北大附中重庆实验学校高三英语《高考英语语法:不定式》课件
2017年高考冲刺总复习:第1模块-语法填空专题课件(湖南专用)
(湖南省专用)高考英语总复习 模块7-书面表达课件(新人教版)
重庆市北大附中实验学校高考英语复习课件 高三:Unit 7-8
2017年高考冲刺总复习:第6模块-读写任务专题课件
高考英语总复习 模块3 阅读理解课件(新人教版)
2017年高考冲刺总复习:第1模块-单项填空专题课件(湖南专用)
重庆市北大附中重庆实验学校高三英语《高考英语语法:形容词和副词》课件
2017年高考冲刺总复习:第5部分-短文改错专题课件(课标专用)
2017年高考冲刺总复习:第5模块-书面表达专题课件
重庆市北大附中实验学校高考英语复习课件 高三:Unit 11-12
2017届高考英语语法专题复习教案:状语从句最新模拟题
重庆市北大附中重庆实验学校高三英语《高考英语语法:虚拟语气》课件
2017届高考英语语法专题复习教案:As引导的从句