No huge upsets so far as all four top seeds are through to the last 32 and the four highest ranked at the start are all also comfortably through.
It is bad news for the British girls though. First up Corinna Lawrence was put out 15-9 by a fired up Zvereva (RUS). Next Hannah Lawrence fenced Baranikova (SVK) and was also eliminated, losing 15-6. Finally Caitlin Chang faced Dominika Doubova (CZE) and although it was a close fight the Czech pulled one hit ahead to lead 12-11. Three doubles followed by a single for Doubova was enough to close the fight out.
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