Seedings
Based on current world rankings, this was used.
1 33 Yue Wu
2 55 Lily Zhang
3 226 Amy Wang
4 523 Juan Liu
5 685 Crystal Wang
Based on current USATT ratings
1 2679 Juan Liu
2 2593 Lily Zhang
3 2498 Yue Wu
4 2486 Crystal Wang
5 2471 Amy Wang
Actual Results
1 Juan Liu seeded 4 & 1
2 Amy Wang seeded 3 & 5
3 Lily Zhang seeded 2 & 2
4 Crystal Wang seeded 5 & 4
5 Yue Wu seeded 1 & 3
If I was doing the seedings before the tournament based on their US tournaments history
1 Juan Liu
2 Lily Zhang
3 Yue Wu
4 Amy Wang
5 Crystal Wang
If politics were used to pick one of the Olympic selections, Yue Wu WR 33 would probably get it over the two age 17 kids, saying they are the future, not experienced enough yet.
In all sports there are rookies and other young players who unexpectedly becomes stars in a new season.
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