 Matthew held her nerve to see off Daniel |
Laura Davies and Catriona Matthew both won their opening contests at the Women's World Match Play Championship. In last year's inaugural event, British hopes ended on day one. But Davies beat South Korea's Jee Young Lee 2&1.
Scotland's Matthew edged out Beth Daniel with a birdie at the third extra hole, but Kent's Karen Stupples lost 3&1 to Sweden's Liselotte Neumann.
Favourite Annika Sorenstam and Michelle Wie, the number two seed, also eased through to the last 32 in New Jersey.
Wie, 16, recorded one of the biggest wins, coming back from two down after two holes to beat Brazil's Candy Hannemann by 5&3.
She won six holes in a row from the fourth - the sixth, seventh and eighth with birdies - and now meets one of last year's US Solheim Cup heroines, the flamboyant Christina Kim.
"I got off to a rocky start," said the teenager who tied for third in last week's US Women's Open. "But then I played some really solid golf."
Swede Sorenstam, the US Open champion, was never behind as she edged out Thailand's Virada Nirapathpongporn by 3&2.
Davies was two up with seven to play. She lost the 15th, but a par at the short 17th secured a second-round meeting with another Korean, Mi Hyun Kim.
Matthew went out at the 21st hole in the opening round last year, but a 15ft putt at the short third secured a tie with another American, Juli Inkster.
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