One of the initial top seeds, Erika Kirpu is still going strong and is into the last 32 after beating Romania's Diana Doniou 15-12. Tonica Topic (CRO) had a slightly easier time of it, progressing 15-8 against Huiting Wen (CHN) and similarly Julia Beljajeva took out Canada's Janelle Mackoff 15-7.
Good news also for the two remaining Brits. Caitlin Chang beat Kamila Strug 15-12 and will now face 7th seed Yujie Sun (CHN) in the last 32, that match coming up shortly. Amy Radford beat Louise Fournier (CAN) 15-10. After a tense 6 minutes the referee called non-combativity in the final period at 10-9 to Amy. With piority to the Canadian Amy went on the rampage and ran out a 15-10 victor. Her prize, second seed Dorina Budai (HUN) in the 32.
Photo courtesy of Denise Wilson