Seeded 20th, the Americans had to deal with two very different matches on Thursday’s qualifier as while they dominated Danish Sofia Bisgaard and Clara Windeleff to a straight-set (21-15, 21-19) victory in the morning, the newcomers came from behind to top Japanese Akiko Hasegawa and Yurika Sakaguchi 2-1 (12-21, 21-18, 15-12).
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