by Mike Grossman (from reports filed by ShuttleSew@aol.com and an anonymous player)

September 24, 1996 (New Shuttlenws) - The following are additional results from the first day of competition at the badminton U.S. Open in the city of Orange in southern California.

Women's Singles (First Round)
Wu I-Lun - Chinese Taipei beat Milaine Cloutier - Canada
7-11, 12-10, 11-4
Kara Solmundsen - Canada beat Angela Teng - USA
11-2, 11-0
Andrea Edstrom - USA beat Sabrina Cassie - Trinidad
11-1, 11-1
Kim Sun Suk - Korea beat Robbyn Hermitage - Canada
11-3, 11-3
Anthea Poon - Canada beat Sandra Jimeno - Peru
11-5, 5-11, 11-7
Debra O'Connor - Trinidad beat Shannon Hsu - USA
11-5, 11-4
Jody Patrick - Canada beat Kathy Zimmerman - USA
11-6, 12-11

Men's Doubles (First Round)
Antonius/Kantono - Indonesia beat Beres/Moody - Canada
15-8, 15-5
Pardo/Scala - Brazil beat Tan/Tey - USA
walkover
Lee Wan Wah/Choong Tan Fook - Malaysia beat Dasent -Trinidad/
Persaud - Barbados
15-2, 15-1
Trenholme - Canada/Auscher - USA beat Lao/Rantung - USA
15-4, 15-4
Zuev/Antropov - Russia beat Lee Duk Jun/Hwang Sun Ho - Korea
15-0, 15-12
Yang/K.Erichsen - Guatemala beat Young/Ko - USA
walkover
C.Wijaya/Sigit - Indonesia beat Holder - Barbados/Ngeam - Canada
15-1, 15-2
Ly/Yao - USA beat Thich/Girty - Canada
15-4, 15-4
Leyow/Graham - Jamaica beat Nguyen-Padre - USA
8-15, 15-5, 15-12
Ha Tae Kwon/Kim Dong Mun - Korea beat Rusli/Jonatan - USA
15-4, 15-2
Olynyk/Sydie - Canada beat Oetomo/Gunadi - USA
15-3, 15-4
R.Wijaya/T. Gunawan - Indonesia beat Ng/Chong - USA
15-6, 15-2
Kwok/Mohammad - USA beat DeLaFuente/Brandon - Surinam
15-11, 15-9
Hunt/Archer - England beat Lopezllera/Gonzales - Mexico
15-1, 15-6
Kaul/Yung - Canada beat Garay/Possiel - Argentina
15-2, 15-1
Yap Kim Hock/Cheah Soon Kit - Malaysia beat Sumarli/Bach - USA
15-3, 15-2

The following are the matchups for the women's singles and men's doubles eighth-finals or round-of-16.
Women's Singles (Eighth-Finals)
Mia Audina (1-seed) - Indonesia vs. Wu I-Lun - Chinese Taipei
Camilla Martin (2-seed) - Denmark vs. Jody Patrick - Canada
Meiluawati (3-seed) - Indonesia vs. winner of match between
N.Saunders - Jamaica and M.H.Loranger - Canada
Denyse Julien (4-seed) - Canada vs. Andrea Edstrom - USA
Ella Karachkova (5-seed) - Russia vs. Kim Sun Suk - Korea
Debra O'Connor (6-seed) - Trinidad vs. Anthea Poon - Canada
Charmaine Reed (7-seed) - Canada vs. winner of match between
C.Shi - China and Zhou Lei - Peru
Lorena Blanco (8-seed) - Peru vs. Kara Solmundsen - Canada

Men's Doubles (Eighth-Finals)
Kantono/Antonius (1-seeds) - Indonesia vs. Pardo/Scala - Brazil
Cheah Soon Kit/Yap Kim Hock (2-seeds) - Malaysia vs. Kaul/Yung - Canada
T.Gunawan/R.Wijaya (3-seeds) - Indonesia vs. Olynyk/Sydie - Canada
Antropov/Zuev (4-seeds) - Russia vs. Yang/K.Erichsen - Guatemala
Hunt/Archer (5-seeds) - England vs. Kwok/Muhammad - USA
C.Wijaya/Sigit (6-seeds) - Indonesia vs. Ly/Yao - USA
Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah (7-seeds) - Malaysia vs. Trenholme - Canada/
Auscher - USA
Ha Tae Kwon/Kim Dong Mun (8-seeds) - Korea vs. Leyow/Graham - Jamaica


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