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Although surely distracted by the illness of one of their teammates, the Danish women forged ahead in the Orbis Venice Cup, maintaining their lead with a 38-31 victory over China.

After 11 rounds, Denmark held down first place, nearly a match clear of second place. Denmark started the day with a loss to Australia, 51-44, but the team rallied for the win against China. Their Victory Point total is 228.

USA 1, holding down second place with 205 VPs, defeated Argentina, 39-27, but lost to New Zeland, 49-9. USA 2, with 204 VPs, won both matches Tuesday, 87-17 against New Zealand and 42-23 against Bermuda. They were tied with Austria, which also totaled 204 VPs after losing to Canada and defeating the Netherlands.

In the Orbis Bermuda Bowl, Indonesia maintained its first-place standing with close wins against Bulgaria and New Zealand. Indonesia's VP total after 11 matches is 210. Right behind them are USA 1, which took the measure of two strong teams to move to within one VP of the lead. USA 1 clobbered Italy, 63-36, in Round 10, and came on even stronger against Brazil in the next match, 74-4. Poland maintained third place despite losing both matches Tuesday -- to South Africa, 72-56, and to Sweden, 33-20.

In the Senior exhibition, the leaders, in order, were Poland, France and China.