Nelly Korda and Irish golfer Leona Maguire superior to the ultimate of the T-Cellular Match Play event held in Las Vegas after brilliantly overcoming the quarterfinals and semifinals on Saturday. The world number one, aiming for her fourth consecutive LPGA Tour victory, defeated South Korean Narin An by 4-3 in one of many semifinals, whereas Maguire overcame South Korean Sei Younger Kim by 3-2 on the Shadow Creek Golf Course.

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Korda established an imposing early lead, profitable the primary three holes, all par 4s, whereas An struggled with bogeys. Korda made birdies on holes 6 and seven to increase her result in 5 holes. An responded with a birdie, whereas Korda made a bogey on the par 4 tenth gap, however Korda bounced again with a par on the eleventh gap, whereas An wanted an additional stroke.

An made par on the par 3 thirteenth gap to win a gap, however Korda secured the semifinal by halving the 14th gap (each made bogeys) and the fifteenth gap (each made pars). Maguire went two up on Kim with a par on the primary gap and a birdie on the third.

Kim made a birdie on the 4th gap, a par 5, to slender the hole. Kim birdied the 4th gap to cut back her deficit, however fell additional behind when her opponent made par on the seventh and tenth holes. Kim’s solely birdie got here on the 14th, and Maguire made par on the fifteenth and sixteenth to shut out the match.

Within the quarterfinals, Maguire defeated Thai golfer Moriya Jutanugarn by 4-3, who had superior by a four-player elimination spherical on Friday to achieve the weekend. Korda defeated compatriot Angel Yin by 3-2 in her quarterfinal match.

Kim defeated American Rose Zhang by 6-5, whereas An overcame Japanese participant Minami Katsu by 1-2 within the different quarterfinal match. Born in Bradenton, in Manatee County, Nelly Korda is the daughter of Czech tennis gamers Petr Korda and Regina Rajchrtová.

She can be the sister of Jessica, who can be a golfer, and Sebastian, an expert tennis participant. Since 2019, she has been romantically concerned with NHL participant Andreas Athanasiou.