How it was won
Wang Chuqin and Zhu Yuling won the United States Smash in Las Vegas. Wang, the second seed, beat Tomokazu Harimoto 4-0 in the final, 11-3, 11-6, 12-10, 11-8. Zhu, who was unseeded, came from two games down to beat Chen Yi 4-2, 7-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-9, 11-8.
The women's draw lost three of its top four seeds in the last 16: Chen Yi beat the top seed, Sun Yingsha, Zhu beat the second seed, Wang Manyu, and Honoka Hashimoto beat Wang Yidi. Harimoto came from 3-2 down to beat the top seed, Lin Shidong, 4-3 in the semi-finals, and Wang beat Félix Lebrun 4-3 in the other.
