Alex Lau is one of the top players of Hong Kong who he has taken a number of titles over his career and a member of the team that clinched a bronze medal for Hong Kong at the recent Asian Games in Hangzhou. He made his debut on the tour in 2013 and did not have to wait too long for his first victory, with that coming at the Amir Kabir Open in 2016, after beating Bernat Jaume in the final. Lau returned to the tour in early 2021, after the tour’s enforced suspension due to Covid-19. In September, he won the men’s award for PSA Challenger Tour Player of the Month after winning both the Bega Open and Tasmanian Open. Lau started 2022 strongly and was victorious in back-to-back events at the Bega Open and Tasmanian Open, before then making the last eight of the Cleveland Skating Club Open. He then reached the last 16 of a major for the first time, doing so on home soil at the Hong Kong Open, which catapulted him into the world’s top 50 for the first time. A quarter final appearance at the Squash On Fire Open was then followed by two more last eight results on the Challenger Tour. He then reached the second round of the 2023 British Open on his way to hitting a career-high of world no.41 in June.