While he wasn’t the top qualifier from the US on Wednesday in the men’s recurve Zach Garrett was still in the top ten. When it came time for the knockout portion of the competition on Thursday though Garrett shown as brightly as anyone. The #9 seed cruised through the competition with 6-0, 6-2, and 6-0 wins to reach the round of 16. He faced good competition there in #8 seed Plihon Pierre of France but was dominant again with a 6-0 win. After a 6-0 win over Xuesong Gu he finally got a really tough match against Chun-Heng Wei of Chinese Taipei which he just barely advanced from 6-5 to reach Sunday’s final. His opponent will be #2 seed Sjef Van Den Berg of the Netherlands. The other Americans didn’t last long in the competition as two of the three lost in their first match. Brady Ellison was the #1 seed but got upset in his first match 7-3 by #33 seed Arsalan Baldanov of Russia. #39 Sean McLaughlin met a similar fate getting upset by #74 Fatih Bozlar of Turkey while #37 Jacob Wukie did open with a 6-4 win before losing 6-0 to #28 Larry Godfrey of Great Britain.
In women’s recurve Khatuna Lorig was also upset in her first match after a bye to open, 6-4 by #53 Ariuna Zhargalova of Russia. La Nola Pritchard did a bit better with 6-2 and 6-0 wins before a 6-2 loss to #3 Lisa Unruhof Germany. 35th with a 645. Mackenzie Brown and Ariel Gibilaro both lost in the opening round with #64 Brown losing to #49 Randi Degn of Denmark 6-2 while #72 Gibilaro lost 6-0 against #41 Hui Cao of China.
Crystal Gauvin went on a nice little run advancing 149-144 and 146-141 before meeting Mexican #7 Linda Ochoa-Anderson in an all-North American quarterfinal. After a very close match Ochoa-Anderson emerged 147-146 and eliminated Gauvin. #16 Danielle Reynolds had two close matches on the day defeating #64 Suvaporn Anutaraporn of Thailand 140-139 before losing to #17 Toja Cerne of Slovenia 146-144. Dahlia Crook and Lexi Keller both had first round byes but lost in their first matches. #37 Crook was defeated by #28 Stephanie Sarai Salinas of Mexico 141-137 while #44 Keller lost 144-133 to #21 Kim Yun-Hee of Korea.
Finally things were a bit disappointing in the men’s compound as the US had all four of their archers in the top 11 but didn’t advance one to the quarterfinals. #3 Alex Wifler lost in his opening match against #30 Demir Elmaagacli of Turkey when they tied 148-148 and Wifler lost the tiebreaker. Advancing a bit farther was #4 Steve Anderson who won his opener 145-143 but lost to #13 Patrick Laursen of Denmark 148-143. #5 Reo Wilde met the same fate as Wifler as he lost his first match to #28 Mohd Juwaidi Mazuki of Malaysia 149-145. Losing in his first match as well was #11 Braden Gellenthien to #59 Buden Domagoj of Great Britain on a tiebreaker after they tied at 145.
Friday will be the knockout rounds of the men’s and women’s team competitions and a chance for redemption for the men’s compound archers.
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