Asia champ Alex Lau targets world rankings rise after 2-year top 40 breakthrough
Hong Kong’s Alex Lau is hoping to build on his Asian Squash Championships title, says training abroad helped things ‘click’
New Asia squash champion Alex Lau Tsz-kwan said on Friday that he had his eyes on entering the world top 30, after finally breaking through a two-year “bottleneck” at No 40.
The Hongkonger has reached a career high on the rankings list after winning gold in Malaysia at the Asian Squash Championships last week, where he beat Qatar’s Abdulla Al-Tamimi 3-0 in the final.
And after training overseas, which he called “finding the right direction for me”, the 29-year-old said he expected to focus on competing in more World Series tournaments so he could chase ranking points.
“No 40 was like a bottleneck for me for almost two years, so reaching the 30s for the first time meant a lot to me,” Lau, who is now ranked 39th, said.
“Your ranking tells your consistency throughout the season; I felt I could reach a higher spot but got stuck instead. Other players might be able to play their strongest game whoever they play, but my game might work only on specific players.”
Setbacks in New Zealand and Australia, even with favourable draws, were offset by better results in China, England, Singapore and Switzerland.