Club Magazine Issue 06, 2018

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14 June 2018
Squash News Max at the Windy City Open in the US An Interview with Max Lee HKFC Squash Player and World Number 20 The HKFC Squash Section is lucky enough to have Hong Kong’s number one squash player Max Lee representing them in the HK league Division 1. Max is currently world ranked number 20 and is a player on the PSA world tour. Max is Hong Kong’s highest ever world ranked men’s player reaching number 12 in December 2015. Max has won 13 PSA tour ranking events. This season he has won the Canada open as well as the Pittsburgh Open and has played in world championship events in England and Hong Kong. When he is not travelling on tour he can be seen playing at the Club on Thursday nights when our Division 1 team are at home. Recently Malcolm Kerr interviewed Max about what it’s like to be one of the world’s best squash players. MK: How did you come to take up squash and where did you start? Max: I first picked up a squash racquet 20 years ago because my mum started learning squash and she taught me how to hold the squash racquet to start. My first squash lesson was under Hong Kong’s junior squash programme. MK: When did you realise that you could be good enough to turn pro? Max: When I first had the opportunity to play an overseas junior tournament and HK open qualification I dreamt of being one of the best ones in the world. When I had the chance to turn pro, I could not resist! I know I can still get better and playing professionally lets me train full-time to improve all the time. really taught me to believe myself and Peter Genever (in London), who taught me how to be a thinker on court. Several players have been great role models to learn from including Peter Nicol, Jonathon Power, David Palmer, Amr Shabana, and Thierry Lincou. MK: What are your greatest achievements in squash so far? Max: World Team and Asian Games Bronze medals and the Asian Championship Gold have been my best results representing Hong Kong. But my greatest personal achievement so far was probably reaching the semi-final of the 2016 Hong Kong Open. It showed players from Hong Kong can compete with the best in the major World Series tournaments. Beating the top players in tournaments is always my dream and my ambition, although I lost in the Semi, it was a great feeling to perform well in my home event. MK: What are your goals this season? Max: I hope to perform well in the last two World Series events before the summer, the El Gouna Open (Egypt) and the British Open. My goal, as ever, is to beat top ranked players. To play consistently well with a clear, positive mind-set on court, while adapting to the court and opponent, is always difficult. I hope I can do all this with my smile on court too! After these two tournaments, my third Asian Games will be in August. I hope I am injury free to play and successfully defend my title for Hong Kong too. MK: Which players have inspired you most as you started squash and today? Max: I think all the coaches and senior players since I was young inspired me to be tough on court, even if I need to run triple the distance of my opponent to win each point. But honestly, the two coaches that motivated me most were Tony (Choi, former HK National Coach) who MK: How do you balance family life with training and travel for tour events? Max: I have two daughters, who are two and half, and 6 months old. At this stage, as you can imagine, it is very tough for my wife as one versus two every day is exhausting! She has been great in supporting me to train and play around the world – making my squash part easier to handle. Club Magazine June 2018 15
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