Hyo-Joo Kim in the second round of the US Women's Amateur
Hyo-Joo Kim, the number one seeded player in the US Women's Amateur is now in the second round of the event. The round called the round of 32 is being played on Thursday.
Hyo-Joo Kim played a great game in the qualifying round and managed to win the medal after a tough competition. She faced off Lydia Ko and won by a single stroke lead.
Ko, who is the world’s number one amateur player right now, was going strong till the final round where Kim beat her to the medal with a lead of just one point.
Being the top player, Kim got the first match of the day. She was paired with the American player Megan Khang. To some, it was an unfair pairing with the top player on one side and the 64th place player on the other.
The match proved to be on sided with Kim winning it by a great score of 7 and 6. Nevertheless, Kim was delighted with her win.
Talking about it after the match, she said, “My putter was working well today. I'm happy with how I played today. With a match coming up tomorrow, I'll try to get some rest."
In the next round, Kim will face Isabelle Lendl. Lendl played an average game in the qualifying round and was placed in the 32nd place. She was paired with the 33rd place, Whitney Hillier of Australia. The match proved to be exciting
and Lendl won it by a score of 2 and 1.
Other top rated players also played well in the first round. The second seeded Lydia Ko won her match with ease.
She was paired with Amy Beth Simanton of the US, who proved to be of no match for Ko. The final result was 4 and 3 in Ko’s favour.
32 players moved on to the next stage and pairings for this round has been announced. This stage is the most important in the whole event.
This stage is designed to narrow the field down to sixteen top players who will then move on to quarter finals stage.
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