First round poules are complete and the draw for the direct elimination is up. 88 fencers started with a cut to 63. American Nicole Ross tops the rankings with Sofia Varga (HUN), Maria Udrea (ROU) and Hannah Lyczbinska (POL) seeded 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Valentina De Costanza is 5th seed and 6th seeded Iman Shaban of Egypt faces Great Britain's Phillipa Mullins in the last 64.
Other Brits in action are Catriona Sibert, seeded 34 after 4 wins and 2 defeats in her poule, who faces Anna Bourdakou of Greece and Lisa McKenzie, seeded 45th with 3 wins and 3 defeats, who gets 20th seed Marta Lyczbinska of Poland. First matches just about to start so don't forget to follow the live scores on the Ophardt Team website.
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