A Time to Create Music, for Teen Talent Lauren Lam
For a player who is still in her early days of elite competition, Lauren Lam already misses the atmosphere of the circuit.
· DEV SUKUMAR
The 17-year-old from the USA is among the youngest to compete on the World Tour – she was 15 when she played Super 300 events in Barcelona, Chinese Taipei, Macau and Gwangju in 2018. An understudy of senior pro Beiwen Zhang, Lam was in two semifinals at her last event – the K&D Graphics International Challenge, and had a busy schedule this year before the pandemic put paid to her plans. But it has also given her the time to spend time on another passion – music.
“I miss training and I really miss getting on court and tournaments, and all of that,” the California-based player says. “The first week of lockdown I stopped training, I was watching some old videos and looking back at the memories and how much I’ve grown. I missed that atmosphere at the tournaments, the pressure and the stress.
“At the beginning of the year, I did the whole year’s plan. I was going to train in various places when I went overseas and then play tournaments there, it was all settled. So when this pandemic hit, it was frustrating because I had spent so much time on planning my schedule and all of a sudden it’s gone. I feel very jealous because in some Asian countries they’re allowed to train, I wish I could be training with them.”