After his historic fourth place at the 2024 Olympic Games, Hugo is back in international competitions. His first event will be the WTT China Smash, in Beijing, from September 29 to October 6. The tournament is part of the most important series on the world circuit, equivalent to a Grand Slam in tennis. Top 3Leia mais

To become champion, Hugo beat Denmark’s Anders Lind, South Korea’s An Jaehyun, Sweden’s Mattias Falck, South Korea’s Cho Daeseong and France’s Felix Lebrun

Hugo will be competing in the WTT Star Contender Ljubljana from June 13 to 16. In 2023, he finished in the top four of the Slovenian competition

The tournament starts on Thursday (30th), but Hugo will make his debut on Friday (31st) against Sweden’s Truls Moregard, at 7:30 am (Brasília time).

With the title in Brazil, Hugo rose from 8th to 6th place in the world rankings, beating Lin Yun-Ju, from Taiwan, and Lin Gaoyuan, from China