It is good news for Britain's Ben White who fenced a very contolled fight against 10th seed Vitali Sokolovski (BLR). Although never more than a couple of hits in it Ben found himself 13-11 down halfway through the final period. Ben then scored four hits over the next 90 seconds to run out a 15-13 victor.
Not good news for Britain's other fencer in the last 64, Jon May. Fencing Kenan Jussifov from Estonia the match was very close up until 11-10 to the Estonian. Jussifov then scored the next four hits to win 15-10.
Whilst the top two seeds progressed the third and fourth seeds, Boreyko (UKR) and Hanswikkel (HUN) were both beaten. World number one Luca Ferraris (ITA) is also out, to Kevin Mo of the USA.
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