Rebecca Ward Wins Vegas Grand Prix

Rebecca Ward won the coin flip with teammate Sada Jacobson, giving her the #1 seed and Sada the #2 going into the direct elimination table at the Las Vegas Grand Prix. Becca took that turn of fate and cruised through the DE table to win the Grand Prix in a 15-10 trouncing of 11th seed Shin Mi Lee of Korea.

Coming off of a win in Havana, Sada Jacobson made it to the top 8 where she fell to France’s Leonore Perrus 15-12. In the surprise upset of the day, Mariel Zagunis fell in the round of 64 to 60th seed Sabina Mikina of Azerbaijan.

The individual results don’t have much of an impact to the US women’s seeding into the individual competition at the Olympics. The only possible shakeup would be a switch of Socha (POL) at #6 with Zagunis at #5.

The US Women’s Sabre team will fence in the team competition tomorrow.

2008 Las Vegas Grand Prix – Women’s Sabre DE Table

1	WARD Rebecca	USA
			WARD Rebecca
64	YU Qunli	HKG	15/10
				WARD Rebecca
33	SIUKAYEVA Janna	AZE		15/10
			SIUKAYEVA Janna
32	BERDER Cecilia	FRA	15/12
					WARD Rebecca
17	CHEN Xiaodong	CHN			15/13
			CHEN Xiaodong
48	BIANCO Ilaria	ITA	15/12
				NAGY Orsolya
49	SAWORSKI Donna	CAN		15/9
			NAGY Orsolya
16	NAGY Orsolya	HUN	15/7
						WARD Rebecca
9	MARZOCCA Gioia	ITA				15/12
			PETO Reka
56	PETO Reka	HUN	15/13
				BARATTA Emma
41	OGINEZAWA Chizuru	JPN		15/10
			BARATTA Emma
24	BARATTA Emma	USA	15/5
					VELIKAIA Sophia
25	CHOW Tsz Ki	HKG			15/12
			OVTCHINNIKOVA Olga
40	OVTCHINNIKOVA Olga	CAN	15/14
				VELIKAIA Sophia
57	WOZNIAK Dagmara	USA		15/11
			VELIKAIA Sophia
8	VELIKAIA Sophia	RUS	15/7
							WARD Rebecca
5	ZAGUNIS Mariel	USA					15/11
			MIKINA Sabina
60	MIKINA Sabina	AZE	15/13
				MARY Solenne
37	MARY Solenne	FRA		15/8
			MARY Solenne
28	NI Hong	CHN	15/4
					MARY Solenne
21	KRAVCHUK Iryna	UKR			15/14
			KRAVCHUK Iryna
44	KUBISSA Stefanie	GER	15/9
				JOZWIAK Bogna
53	NAKAYAMA Seira	JPN		15/11
			JOZWIAK Bogna
12	JOZWIAK Bogna	POL	15/8
						TAN Xue
13	DIATCHENKO Ekaterina	RUS				15/8
			DIATCHENKO Ekaterina
52	VERGNE Carole	FRA	15/11
				DIATCHENKO Ekaterina
45	WHEELER Diamond	USA		15/9
			KHOMROVA Olena
20	KHOMROVA Olena	UKR	15/11
					TAN Xue
29	PUNDYK Galyna	UKR			15/10
			BUJDOSO Alexandra
36	BUJDOSO Alexandra	GER	15/11
				TAN Xue
61	MUHAMMAD Ibtihaj	USA		15/4
			TAN Xue
4	TAN Xue	CHN	15/4
								WARD Rebecca
3	NETCHAEVA Elena	RUS						15/9
			NETCHAEVA Elena
62	LI Xia	HKG	15/3
				NETCHAEVA Elena
35	ZHAO Yuanyuan	CHN		15/2
			ZHAO Yuanyuan
30	LEMBACH Charlotte	FRA	15/13
					NETCHAEVA Elena
19	KOVALEVA Viktoriya	RUS			15/8
			KOVALEVA Viktoriya
46	DALY Grisel	VEN	15/10
				VARGA Dora
51	VARGA Dora	HUN		15/7
			VARGA Dora
14	BAO Yingying	CHN	15/11
						LEE Shin Mi
11	LEE Shin Mi	KOR				15/14
			LEE Shin Mi
54	NICOLL Chrystall	GBR	15/10
				LEE Shin Mi
43	WIECKOWSKA Irena	POL		15/11
			WIECKOWSKA Irena
22	ZHOVNIR Olga	UKR	15/14
					LEE Shin Mi
27	DANION Marie-Catherine	FRA			15/11
			BENITEZ Alejandra
38	BENITEZ Alejandra	VEN	15/14
				BENITEZ Alejandra
59	BERENGIER Julie	FRA		15/12
			SOCHA Aleksandra
6	SOCHA Aleksandra	POL	15/7
							LEE Shin Mi
7	PERRUS Leonore	FRA					15/10
			PERRUS Leonore
58	NIEVES Yenny	VEN	15/5
				PERRUS Leonore
39	BUCCIONE Francesca	ITA		15/13
			BOND-WILLIAMS Louise
26	BOND-WILLIAMS Louise	GBR	15/9
					PERRUS Leonore
23	VLOKA Caroline	USA			15/14
			VLOKA Caroline
42	TOUYA Anne-Lise	FRA	15/14
				HUTCHISON Joanna
55	HUTCHISON Joanna	GBR		15/11
			HUTCHISON Joanna
10	KIM Keum Hwa	KOR	15/7
						PERRUS Leonore
15	FEDORKINA Ekaterina	RUS				15/12
			FEDORKINA Ekaterina
50	LACHETA Jessica	GBR	15/3
				FEDORKINA Ekaterina
47	HUANG Haiyang	CHN		15/7
			HUANG Haiyang
18	KHARLAN Olga	UKR	15/14
					JACOBSON Sada
31	SASSINE Sandra	CAN			15/12
			SASSINE Sandra
34	KOZACZUK Malgorzata	POL	15/13
				JACOBSON Sada
63	KOZLOVA Nina	UKR		15/8
			JACOBSON Sada
2	JACOBSON Sada	USA	15/3