All the rating favorite teams won round 1 by a 3-1 or 3.5-0.5 margin in the first round, with the exception of team USA. Host Kazakhstan held the US to a 2-2 tie.
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What the heck did the US do?
A tie is disastrous!?
What a terrible start for the US. Terrible. Disastrous is a kind word.