At 10:00 A.M. the women began their round-robin tournament.

Winning their opening matches were No. 2 seed Yao Huang (San Gabriel, Calif.) in straight sets over No. 9 seed Barbara Wei (Gaithersburg, Md.) (11-5) (11-8) (11-2) (11-4), No. 3 seed Nan Li (San Jose, Calif.) in five sets over No. 8 seed Olena Sowers (Athens, Ohio) (11-7) (10-12) (11-3) (11-3) (11-4).

No. 4 seed Jacqueline Lee (San Francisco, Calif.) won in straight sets over No. 7 seed Ariel Hsing (San Jose, Calif.) (11-4) (11-5) (11-8) (11-7) and No. 6 seed Whitney Ping (Beaverton, Ore.), who upset No. 5 seed Judy Hugh (Warren, NJ) in six sets (11-9) (11-4) (9-11) (13-11) (9-11) (11-6).

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