Catriona Matthew provided a momentary flicker of hope for the home galleries, winning four of five holes on the back nine in her match against Laura Diaz to take the first point of the afternoon. "Hopefully the others will take some encouragement from that," she said. But by then the visitors were ahead in six matches, level in four and down in only one. It did not take long for the American players to turn their on-course advantage into points, with Juli Inkster a 4&3 victor over Iben Tinning and Pat Hurst edging out Sophie Gustafson on the 17th green 2&1.