Dancers at the opening ceremony of the 2nd World University Teams Championship

With one exception, close matches were scarce in the World Bridge Olympiad as the quarterfinal round comes to a close today. The only match with any mystery left was the Women’s battle between France and England. It will be seen on Vugraph today.

With 16 boards left, England takes a 102-90 lead into their match with France, having rallied from 41IMPs down on the final set of the day on Monday.

The English women used a 62-9 surge in the fourth segment to take the lead after losing each of the first three sets.
The other seven matches in both series were not nearly so close. In the Women’s, China lead Sweden 147-87, USA were ahead of Poland 145-93, while Russia were up over the Netherlands 152-87.

In the Open, the Netherlands were topping Ireland 227-142, Russia was ahead of Hungary 183.2-127.8, China were well up on Japan 158-57 and Italy had a 209-120 lead over Pakistan.

The match winners will begin the semi-final round this afternoon.

While the Olympiad continues, the 3rd World Transnational Mixed Teams begins play today with three qualifying rounds of Swiss Teams.