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Who the He!! is Wu Hao? That's doesn't answer too much.
"It was not to be, Wu Hao, gold medallist in both the Boys’ Team event and Boys’ Doubles competition at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Cairo was not required to return to the table."
So Wu is a little kid?

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Well, Wu Hao plays in the same team as Ma Long in the China Super League.
He is a very young Chinese player, probable forming the back-up (could be "C" team) for China "A" team (Ma Long, Ma Lin Wang LQ, Wang Hao)
See link : http://ratingscentral.com/Player.php?PlayerID=21050

Latest updates from Lucknow.
China retained the Men’s Team title at the Asian Championships coming from brink of defeat to snatch victory from an in form Japanese team.

Kenta Matsudaira gave Japan the first point by beating Xu Xin, Zhang Jike levelled for China by overcoming Jun Mizutani. Then Seiya Kishikawa, currently standing at a career high of no.32 on the ITTF Men’s World Rankings gave Japan the lead by overcoming Ma Long, World ranked No.2 in three straight games. Next came Jun Mizutani and Xu Xin with the latter won the first two games before Mizutani levelled and then in the crucial fifth game established a 10-7 lead. Three match points; all saved by Xu Xin, then again at 11-10, the Japanese star had another chance, Xu Xin saved again. Four match points, had Mizutani converted just one, Japan would have been the champions, he did not; a heart broken Jun Mizutani could only sit pale faced as he watch colleague Kenta Matsudaira lose to Zhang Jike in the final match of the fixture.

It was the second gold medal of the evening for China; earlier the women had beaten Singapore to clinch the top prize in less dramatic circumstances, score was 3-1.

Result
China 3-2 Japan
Xu Xin v Kenta Matsudaira 7-11, 5-11, 11-5, 8-11
Zhang Jike v Jun Mizutani 11-5, 11-9, 2-11, 11-8
Ma Long v Seiya Kishikawa 8-11, 9-11, 7-11
Xu Xin v Jun Mizutani 12-10, 11-9, 3-11, 6-11, 15-13
Zhang Jike v Kenta Matsudaira 11-6, 11-8, 11-9

Result
Singapore 1-3 China
Feng Tianwei v Fan Ying 8-11, 4-11, 10-12
Wang Yue Gu v Ding Ning 11-6, 8-11, 6-11, 2-11
Sun Bei Bei v Li Xiaoxia 11-6, 6-11, 11-8, 11-8
Feng Tianwei v Ding Ning 8-11, 8-11, 7-11

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More news from Lucknow, India.
Ding Ning and Li Xiaoxia (the no. 1 seeded) won the Women’s Doubles title at the Asian Championships on Sunday 22nd November 2009 through a tough encounter with the Korean duo of Kim Kyung Ah and Park Mi Young. The Chinese pairing won in six games 11-9, 9-11, 12-10, 11-13, 11-9, 12-10. The classic encounter, the attackers versus the defenders; that was the scenario for the Women’s Doubles final as China’s top seeded pairing of Ding Ning and Li Xiaoxia faced the Korean combination of Ding Ning and Kim Kyung Ah.

As for the women singles, 19-year old Ding Ning, upset the seeding to clinch the Women’s Singles title with a superb display of attacking table tennis. The left hander, having beaten second seed Liu Shiwen in the semi-finals defeated top seed, Li Xiaoxia in a tremendous gold medal contest with a result of 5-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-7, 11-7. This is a contest between the established star in the guise of Li Xiaoxia and the rising star in the form of Ding Ning; two players who been present at ITTF Global Junior Programme activities, having represented China at World Junior Championships.

For the Men Doubles, it was an all Chinese final between Ma Long-Xu Xin versus Wang Liqin-Zhang Jike. Ma-Xu combination won in straight games 11-9, 11-6, 11-5, 11-8. All four players were well known to each other and thus the points tended to be brief; the need to be strong with the first three attacks was of vital significance.

Ma Long did a double by winning the Men Single event in the ATTC.

Results :
Men’s Singles
Semi-Finals
Ma Long (CHN) bt Xu Xin (CHN) 9-11, 11-6, 9-11, 12-10, 14-12, 11-6
Zhang Jike (CHN) bt Wang Liqin (CHN) 11-7, 10-12, 11-5, 11-13, 11-8, 6-11, 12-10
Final
Ma Long (CHN) bt Zhang Jike (CHN) 11-8, 11-2, 11-5, 12-14, 3-11, 11-5

Women’s Singles
Semi-Finals
Li Xiaoxia (CHN) bt Fan Ying (CHN) 14-12, 11-9, 12-10, 11-3
Ding Ning (CHN) bt Liu Shiwen (CHN) 9-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-8, 11-7
Final
Ding Ning (CHN) bt Li Xiaoxia (CHN) 5-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-7, 11-7

Men’s Doubles
Final
Ma Long/Xu Xin (CHN) bt Wang Liqin/Zhang Jike (CHN) 11-9, 11-6, 11-5, 11-8

Women’s Doubles
Final
Ding Ning/Li Xiaoxia (CHN) bt kim Kyung Ah/Park Mi Young (KOR) 11-9, 9-11, 12-10, 11-13, 11-9, 12-10

Men’s Doubles
Final
Ma Long/Xu Xin (CHN) bt Wang Liqin/Zhang Jike (CHN) 11-9, 11-6, 11-5, 11-8

(Note : News sourced from ITTF)