WPBA Midwest Classic Field Narrows

Jeanette Lee

Defending champion Karen Corr still remains unscathed, having bested Anna Kostanian 9-6 earlier. Gerda "The G-Force" Hofstatter scored a 9-4 win over Dawn Hopkins to advance. Jeanette Lee survived one of the event's toughest hill-hill nail-biters over Kelly Fisher, and Xiaoting Pan minced through Vivian Villareal easily 9-3.

In another double-hill match-up, England's Sarah Ellerby survived going up against Ga-Young Kim, while Joanne Ashton of Canada also is in the remaining eight, having won 9-7 over Kim Shaw. Helena Thornfeldt won 9-7 over Monica Webb, and Allison Fisher sent Jasmin Ouschan to the one-loss side 9-5.

Still fighting to return in the final 16 are some of the tour's top players, including Julie Kelly, Tiffany Nelson, Rachael Abbink, Melissa Little, and Ewa Laurance.

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