Khang falls to Canada's Naomi Ko in Girls' Junior match play
TULSA, Okla. -- Canada's Naomi Ko won two matches Thursday in the U.S. Girls' Junior to advance to the quarterfinals at Tulsa Country Club.
The 17-year-old Ko, from Victoria, B.C., beat stroke-play medalist Megan Khang of Rockland, Mass., 1 up in the round of 32, and topped Alyaa Abdulghany of Newport Beach, Calif., 2 and 1 in the afternoon round of 16.
Ko will face South Korea's Eun Jeong Seong on Friday morning. Seong routed Thailand's Chakansim Khamborn 6 and 5 in the round of 16.
In the other upper-bracket quarterfinal, Jayna Choi of Collierville, Tenn., will play Annika Cedo of the Philippines. Choi advanced with a 2-up victory over Karah Sanford of Escondido, Calif., and Cedo beat Gina Kim of Chapel Hill, N.C., 4 and 3.
Long-hitting Angel Yin of Arcadia, Calif., powered into the quarterfinals. She beat Mexico's Maria Balcazar 4 and 3 in the morning, and eliminated South Korea's Yujeong Son 5 and 3 in the afternoon.
Yin will play Andrea Lee of Hermosa Beach, Calif., a 7-and-6 winner over Marni Murez of Manhattan Beach, Calif.
In the other quarterfinal, Mexico's Evelyn Arguelles will face Mika Liu of Los Angeles. Arguelles beat Kathleen Scavo of Benicia, Calif., 1 up, and Liu topped Aneka Seumanutafa of Frederick, Md., 2 and 1.
