Adam Hugh

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Adam Hugh
Full name Adam Hugh
NationalityFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Born United States
Playing style Right-handed, All round player
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Adam Hugh
Traditional Chinese 丘 俊 榮
Simplified Chinese 丘 俊 荣

Adam Hugh is the number one table tennis player under sixteen in the United States and is most noted for his victory in the 2003 North American Cadet Championship, as well as the US National Cadet Championship.

Table tennis racket sport

Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball back and forth across a table using small rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net. Except for the initial serve, the rules are generally as follows: players must allow a ball played toward them to bounce one time on their side of the table, and must return it so that it bounces on the opposite side at least once. A point is scored when a player fails to return the ball within the rules. Play is fast and demands quick reactions. Spinning the ball alters its trajectory and limits an opponent's options, giving the hitter a great advantage.

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Other career accomplishments include finishing third in singles, doubles and team at the ITTF Junior Circuit Tournament in Canada. He finished 11 at the World Cadet Challenge. In the team event, North America lost in the semi-final to Asia 2-3, and Hugh took two points: one over World Cadet finalist and Asian Cadet Champion Jun Mizutani from Japan and the number one cadet from Hong Kong, Li, Kwun Ngai. Hugh finished seventh at the 2003 US Men's Team Trials in Atlanta, missing the US Team basically by one game. If he had beaten De Tran instead of losing 4-3, he would have been the number 4 player who was sent to the world's in Paris. At this event Hugh beat Eric Owens, Brian Pace, David Wang, and Ashu Jain. [1]

In recent years he has beaten:

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Results and accomplishments

Personal

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References

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