32 Players Remain in Carolina ClassicWPBA Carolina Classic

At the end of Friday evening's matches at the Carolina Classic, there are 32 players remaining. Saturday's matches will whittle the field down to the final four.
Twenty-four players are left in the one-loss side, and there are eight in the winners' bracket: Allison Fisher, Gerda Hofstatter, Ga-Young Kim, Monica Webb, Tiffany Nelson, Xiaoting Pan, Jeanette Lee, and defending champion Karen Corr.
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Fisher met with ninth-ranked Helena Thornfeldt in the last winners'-round match of the evening, and though the Swede kept pace with the WPBA's number-one player throughout, Fisher managed to win with a 9-7 score.
Rachael Abbink came up against Belgian snooker champ Wendy Jans in the last round on the one-loss side. Jans had earlier eliminated Sarah Rousey by a stunning 9-1 score but couldn't do the same to Abbink, who took an early lead and never relinquished it, winning their match 9-4 to stay alive another day.
Val Finnie had her hands full in her match against Pam Treadway. After reaching a 8-2 lead, Finnie was forced to watch Treadway fight her way back into the match, but a missed 4-9 combo ended her tournament, with Finnie winning 9-5.
Other players who will fight it out in the west side Saturday are Ewa Laurance, Sarah Ellerby, Kim White, Tracie Hines, Kim Shaw, Vivian Villareal, and Morgan Steinman.
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