Julian Seidl's run comes to an end as he is beaten by Anton Adamov (RUS) 15-14 in a very exciting match that took just a shade longer than 3 minutes. Siedl initially took the lead before he was pegged back and the Russian picked up the advantage. Seidl pulled off a succession of hits to lead 14-13 before the Russian hit back with two of his own to beat the Czech.
He will fence fellow Russian Anton Glebko in the first semi final after his countryman had an easy victory 15-5 over Seidl's countryman Richard Pokorny.
Virgile Marchal had a similarly easy victory over second seed Boyadzhiev (BUL), the Frenchman winning 15-5. He fences Anatoliy Herey (UKR) who overcame an injury break to beat Lahtinen 15-10.
Semi's coming up at 6pm.
Photo courtesy of Denise Wilson