GUANGZHOU - A senior tennis coach has warned against China's current trend of sending promising young players to overseas academies.

Allan Ma, a Chinese-American better known in China as Ma Weikai, believes good coaching is more significant than counting on for-profit training organizations.

"Going to those overseas tennis academies is not necessarily better. The most important thing is to find the right coaches and places to train," said Ma, who trains Chinese veteran Peng Shuai.