{"id":13146,"date":"2012-05-18T22:05:56","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T22:05:56","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-05-18T22:05:10","modified_gmt":"2012-05-18T22:05:10","slug":"Asian-stars-ousted-in-LPGA","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=13146","title":{"rendered":"Asian stars ousted in LPGA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reigning US Women’s Open champion So Yeon Ryu of South Korea was ousted 2-up by American Vicky Hurst on Saturday in a quarter-final at the LPGA Sybase Match-Play Championship.<\/strong><\/p>\n

World No. 13 Ryu, an LPGA rookie seeking her first triumph since her major victory last year, lost after a third round that saw World No. 1 Yani Tseng of Taiwan and World No. 2 Na Yeon Choi of South Korea eliminated.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday’s semi-finals for the $1.5 million event send Hunt, ranked 37th, against Taiwan’s Candie Kung and American Morgan Pressel facing Spain’s Azahara Munoz. Winners play Sunday afternoon for the title at Hamilton Farm Golf Club.<\/p>\n

Kung, the lowest-ranked of the last four at 49th, ousted Tseng 3 and 2 to reach the last eight then outlasted Paraguay’s 41st-ranked Julieta Granada 2 and 1 to stay in contention for her first title since 2008.<\/p>\n

Tseng’s ouster was the top upset early, but no shock to her after a tough week.<\/p>\n

“I wasn’t surprised. I lost because I played bad this week,” Tseng said. “But it’s disappointing. I like match play but I just couldn’t get it in the hole.”<\/p>\n

Kung went 3-up after seven holes, Tseng won back-to-back holes before Kung began the back nine with a birdie to win the 10th. Tseng won the 13th with a par to pull within 1-down, but Kung birdied 15 and 16 to close out the match.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Granada edged France’s 40th-ranked Karine Icher 1-up while Nordqvist beat South Korea’s 10th-ranked Amy Yang 3 and 1, Ryu defeated Australian Katherine Hull 5 and 4 and Lewis advanced 2-up over South Korea’s Sun Young Yoo.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Source AFP picture by Getty<\/em>
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