First results of the day are in from the men's sabre poules. Top seed Iliasz (HUN) dropped one fight in his poule to cadet silver medallist Willau (AUT). Top seed after the poules though is Benedikt Wagner (GER) with Korea's Dong Ho Choi in second and Max Hartung (GER) and Daryl Homer (USA) making up the top four.
Leading the Brits is Maiyuran Ratneswaran who was 3 and 3 in his poule of seven, ranked 44th he has a bye to the last 64. Alex Crutchett won two from five fights and Tom Mottershead was one from five after his poule of seven was reduced to six. Alex Crutchett is seeded 56 and faces 73rd seed Tywilliam Guzenski (BRA) but Mottershead finishes 77th missing the cut to 73.
Photo courtesy of Denise Wilson