Scot Aims to Grab Spotlight Badminton Special Badminton Special Rising Star Susan Hughes has Chance to Make a Name for Herself On Home Ground

Sunday Herald › November 22, 2005

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SUSAN HUGHES is enjoying her moment in the media spotlight.

The second of three successive interviews has been completed and the latest photographer has her smiling into yet another lens. She recognises the novelty of the situation, but also its value.

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Scot Aims to Grab Spotlight Badminton Special Badminton Special Rising Star Susan Hughes has Chance to Make a Name for Herself On Home Ground

"I don't know if I'd like to be famous, but it would be nice to be recognised occasionally, although I wouldn't like it to be on a level like Paris Hilton or anything, " she said, before dissolving into laughter.

Hughes is 23 and one of those garrulous and funny Glaswegians you take to instantly. She is also one of badminton's rising stars, ranked 24 in the world in singles. "Not a lot of people know that, " as Michael Caine might say.

Her public profile, however, could yet be about to nudge above anonymity.

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