Only one of the three American women competing in the table of 64 on Saturday won a match. That was Courtney Hurley, the only one to advance from the preliminary round, and she won multiple times. Hurley dominated her first two matches 15-3 and 15-4 before finally being tested in the round of 16 where she won 15-11.

The test got really tough though in the quarterfinals where she faced #2 Anqi Xu of China and lost a really close match 11-10. Xu went on to finish second. Kelley Hurley and Katharine Holmes both lost their opening matches, Hurley to Coraline Vitalis of France 15-14 and Holmes to Francesca Boscarelli of Italy 15-9.

Sunday Jason Pryor will compete in the men’s table of 64.

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