Bad news for the Brits as although Alex Crutchett made it through the 128 he was unable to carry it forward and was beaten 15-13 by Aron Szilagyi (HUN) in the last 64. It was a close match throughout with the lead changing several times, but at 14-12 down Alex could only get one of the two hits he needed to tie it up and the Hunarian 9th seed progressed.
Maiyuran Ratneswaran was also knocked out, 15-10 the score, by Nikita Nikitin (UKR). Although at the break Maiyuran was just one hit down, the second half of the fight got away from him and he scored 3 hits to the Ukranian's 7.
All top four seeds made it through and are currently fencing in the last 32.
Photo courtesy of Denise Wilson