GOYANG, South Korea \u2014 Canada\u2019s Brooke Henderson and Wei-Ling Hsu of Taiwan beat Sweden\u2019s Madelene Sagstrom and Ingrid Lindblad, 4 and 3, on Saturday to qualify the World team for the International Crown semifinals.<\/p>\n
The win gave the World team its fourth point in Pool B from three wins and two ties in the LPGA team event at the New Korea Country Club.<\/p>\n
In a later match, Maja Stark and Linn Grant of Sweden beat the World team\u2019s Charley Hull and Lydia Ko, 3 and 1.<\/p>\n
Australia also qualified for the semifinals from Pool A, as did Japan from Pool B.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been waiting a long time for the World team to come true, and I am just so grateful to be a part of this team,\u201d Henderson said. \u201cIt\u2019s been an incredible opportunity so far. I love my partner here. (Wei-Ling) bailed me out a lot here today, and she played amazing all week. It\u2019s been so much fun, and I\u2019m really excited for tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
Going into Saturday\u2019s final round of fourball matches, the United States had already qualified for the semifinals from Pool A with wins in its first four fourball matches.<\/p>\n
The U.S. will face Japan and the World team will take on Australia, in the semis.<\/p>\n
Under the tournament format, seven countries and a \u201crest of the world\u201d team compete in two pools. The teams and their players were determined by the women\u2019s world ranking.<\/p>\n