Ho Tze-Lok is a Hong Kong professional squash player and studies on the BBA in Human Resources Management. She recently won a gold medal for Hong Kong in Women's Team Squash at the Asian Games in Jakarta, and has a career high ranking of world number 43. Eric Collins interviewed Ho in late September 2018.
It was unforgettable because I lost to the same opponent from India in the pool match two days before. Then my teammates and coach gave me confidence, and so I went in with the attitude that I could do it.
It was a very fast court, and in the first match I hit the ball hard and played too fast. In the second match I slowed the ball down, waited for the chance in the middle and then attacked.
Hong Kong was seeded two. Perhaps we got a bit lucky as India defeated the top seed, Malaysia, in the semi-finals so that gave us more of a chance.
Yes, last week in Dalian, Hong Kong won the Bronze medal for the Women's World Team Championships. And the men also won a Bronze medal for Hong Kong last year.
Our number one and two women players are very experienced, this was their third Asian Games, and they helped teach me and I have learned many things from them.
My coach always says I can make progress in fitness, because sometimes I drop my fitness standards in matches. So, it means extra training like tread mill and weights to improve endurance.
Yes, but I am also doing the BBA in Human Resources Management, so maybe after I retire from squash I can do HR.
Perhaps until the mid-thirties, but next week in the US Open I will play against a woman who is 40, a former world number one, and she is still a top ranked player, and very skillful.
I hope I can get to the level of the current top Hong Kong players in time for the next Asian Games in four years' time, and get into the world top ten.