Since she was a child, Tiffany Ho has dreamed of becoming a badminton star.
"At a very young age I thought I could be number one in the world but I realised that yeh that might be a little harder than I thought so the next one would be Olympics and even then I would still try my hardest to get there and play my best."
Tiffany's parents were born in Hong Kong.
She credits their culture for helping her mature on and off the court.
"There's a lot of respect for elders as well so just learn to be really nice to elders and just like listen to parents and study hard and work hard as well and yeah, I think that also comes through in my badminton for me being shorter than a lot of the players is really hard for me to because I'm smaller and a bit slower on court so I don't have the (court) coverage so just working hard every day is sort of what I've grown up in as well."
Learning Cantonese as a child has proved a valuable asset as she transitions to the senior tour.
"I learnt Cantonese also I went to Cantonese school so get to talk to other players as well communicate make friends and a lot of friends overseas - so yeah, it's really good."
Her coach, Brian Koentjoro, believes Tiffany is destined for a big career.
"I think she can be in top twenty in the world and obviously there's a lot of hard work there and for sure we are really looking at Olympics so she can actually represent Australia in the Olympics and that's probably be one of the achievements for her as well."
The 19 year-old is Australia's second-highest-ranked women's player and is on track to be selected for next year's Commonwealth Games.
Following that she hopes to repay the faith of her family by playing at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
"Make my Dad proud, because he's been one of my supporters, and my family so just hope to make them proud and maybe just inspire younger kids as well that one day, even though they might not be the best at the moment, they can work hard for it and they can get to that point as well."
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