The two Brits in the last 128 of the men's epee both had lengthy fights going well into the third period.
James Harris faced Vadim Anokhin (RUS) and went into the lead immediately. He held the lead, and was at one point 12-9 up, before the Russian got four hits on the bounce to lead 13-12. They then traded hits until the Russian squeezed out a 15-14 victory - tense stuff!
Ben White fenced Edvinas Nefas (LTU) and although the Lithuanian initially held the lead, Ben reeled him in at 5-5 before opening his own lead to 13-8. Nefas scored the next three hits to reduce the defecit to 2 at which point the fencers scored two double hits leaving Ben the winner 15-13.
Ben now faces 10th seed Sokolovski (BLR) whilst Jon May has Jussifov (EST) in the last 64.
Photo courtesy of Denise Wilson