The best result of the day for the US came in Tauberbischofsheim where Lee Kiefer won her first four matches as she went on to win a bronze medal. Starting from the #3 seed Kiefer won all four of her opening matches by scores of 15-10 or greater. Running into #2 seed Inna Deriglazova of Russia in the semifinals Kiefer lost 15-9 and ended up with a bronze medal. Deriglazova won the gold and no one came closer than 15-10 against her all day. Nicole Ross also had a strong day as she won three times, twice by margins of ten or more, before losing in the quarterfinals to #4 seed Elisa Di Francisca of Italy by a score of 15-12. Nicole Prescod won once before losing 14-9 to Italy’s Carolina Erba, a quarterfinalist. Finally Jessie Laffey was eliminated 15-11 in the first round by #6 Aida Shanaeva of Russia. Kiefer, Ross, Prescod, and Madison Zeiss will compete for the US in the team competition Sunday.

Only one of the five women competing in Legnano, Italy advanced at all on Saturday. Courtney Hurley, who had a bye to table of 64, won once before losing 13-12 to Giulia Rizzi of Italy. Rizzi also took out Katharine Holmes in the opening round 15-11. Rizzi would go on to finish as runner-up. Katarzyna Trzopek lost to #10 Ana Maria Popescu of Romania, a quarterfinalist, 15-9, Kelley Hurley lost 15-12 to the eventual champion, Erika Kirpu of Estonia, and Catherine Nixon lost to Auriane Mallo of France 15-7.

Finally in Paris Jason Pryor and Alexander Tsinis both lost their opening matches. Pryor lost to #5 Daniel Jerent of France by a 15-14 score, Jerent going on to reach the semifinals, while Tsinis lost to Benjamin Steffen of Switzerland 15-8. Pryor will be joined by Alen Hadzic, Alex House, and Yeisser Ramirez for the team competition on Sunday. 

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