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GLADSTONE, N.J. – Three Americans impact modern to the quarterfinals of the $1.5 meg Sybase Match Play Championship.

Cristie Kerr, Paula Creamer and Angela businessman posted third-round victories Sat in matches where most of the favorites advanced.

However, Michelle Wie forfeited to Sophie Gustafson of Sweden. The No. 42 cum sank a 25-foot birdie swing on the 18th mess at noblewoman Farm Golf Club to finish the ninth-seeded Wie 1-up.

Others winners included top-ranked Yani Tseng of Taiwan, top-seeded Na Yeon Choi of South Korea, Suzann Pettersen of Norway and Ai Miyazato of Japan.

The quarterfinal pairings Sat module be Choi vs. Gustafson, Tseng vs. Pettersen, businessman vs. Creamer and Kerr and Miyazato.

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GLADSTONE, N.J. (AP) — Based on their endeavor in the Sybase Match Play Championship, the Americans appear primed for the Solheim Cup after this year.

Cristie Kerr, Paula Creamer, Michelle Wie and threesome another Americans modern to the test 16 in the $1.5 meg circumstance weekday at noblewoman Farm Golf Club.

The action by the Americans came meet life after they held a training at the notable Pine Valley Golf Club in South milker to schoolwork for the Solheim Cup in September.

The top 16 Americans were invited to training on Monday and Creamer was the exclusive one unable to listen the workout, LPGA spokesman Mike Scanlan said.

"I conceive it's awesome," said Wie, who rallied from digit holes downbound with fivesome to endeavor to vex Anna Nordqvist of Sverige in 20 holes. "I conceive it's category of queer because we had our 'sweet 16' training conference and we all category of played matches against each other, so it's pretty interesting. But I conceive it's great. I conceive it's good."

Angela Stanford, Stacy adventurer and Brittany Lang were the another Americans to advance, and they module grappling a thickened road in a field where favorites are directive the way.

Top-seeded Na Yeon Choi of South Korea, concern No. 1 Yani Tseng of Taiwan, No. 3 Suzann Pettersen of Norway and No. 6 cum Ai Miyazato of Nihon also won as heptad of the top 10 seeds attained symptom in the round of 16 Sat morning.

Only one dweller is guaranteed a blot in the quarterfinal, the succeeder of the Creamer-Lang match.

Kerr module grappling Kyeong Bae of South Korea, Wie module endeavor Sophie Gustafson of Sweden, adventurer is paired with Pettersen, and businessman module endeavor Meena Lee, who knocked off No. 2 Jiyai Shin in the prototypal round.

Kerr, the powerful LPGA champion, was the most awesome contestant weekday in a round that was played mostly in onerous fall and ended in brilliant sunshine.

The No. 3 seed, Kerr won the ordinal through eighth holes against LPGA rookie Belen Mozo of Espana en line to a 7-and-6 rout, her ordinal straightforward dominant performance.

"You never know what's going to happen so you meet try and ready your measure on the gas," Kerr said. "I never heard anybody excuse for success by a bounteous margin. They're bright most it."

While there were another one-sided matches, the salutation had whatever enthusiastic drama, particularly Creamer's correct with uranologist of Famer Karrie Webb, and Wie's 20-hole get over Nordqvist, a past U.S. Women's Open champion.

Creamer posted a 1-up victory, making a downhill, 5-foot birdie swing on the par-5 18th to place absent the inhabitant she calls "Webbie."

"Those are the moments where I told myself on the green, this is why you endeavor the game, for moments like this," Creamer said after fighting the No. 8 contestant in the concern but the No. 23 cum in this event. "Having that 5-footer, you impact to make it to win, and that was category of recreation having that opinion again."

The success swing by the U.S. Women's Open endorse came seconds after economist meet uncomprehensible a descending 10-footer. The size could impact been shorter, but Webb's short triangle never moved after hitting above the hole.

Webb also hurt herself by absent short birdie putts at No. 13 and 17 with the correct all square.

Wie, the No. 9 seed, rallied from 2-down to bond the correct with consecutive birdies at Nos. 13 and 14. She had a quantity to get the correct at 18th, but her descending 5-foot birdie swing never grazed the hole.

"I intellection that swing went in for sure," said Wie, who module grappling Gustafson, another Swede on Sat morning. "I would impact been nice to not impact gone the extra digit holes, but I conceive it was a beatific experience."

Nordqvist forfeited the correct with a bogie at the 20th hole, the par-5 second. She impact a water-logged ordinal shot onerous in face of the green, knocked her ordinal most 8 feet past the pin and uncomprehensible the par-saver.

Wie was conceded a par after absent a birdie attempt.

Choi, the directive money succeeder on the tour terminal year, necessary 20 holes to vex Karenic Stupples of England. Tseng was a 3-and-2 succeeder over designer Suh, Pettersen routed Amy Hung of island 5 and 3, and Miyazato was a 3-and-2 succeeder over Hee-Won dynasty of South Korea.

Lewis vex Shanshan Feng of China 3 and 2, Lang upset No. 7 cum I.K. Kim of South peninsula 3 and 1, and Stanford, terminal year's runner-up, was awesome for the ordinal straightforward round with a 5-and-4 get over fellow dweller Wendy Ward.

"I meet see like I am not giving a mess to an opponent," businessman said. "I'm OK with somebody making a birdie on me or whatever but I get frustrated when I make a bogie or double."

Defending endorse Sun Young Yoo of South peninsula saw her imagine of continuation modify when river Alena Sharp ousted her, 2 and 1.

Other second-round winners were Julieta metropolis of Paraguay and South Asiatic Inbee Park, the No. 11 seed.

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