These two teams are closely pursued by Norway and The Netherlands, both undefeated yesterday, whilst the overnight leaders Israel had a poor day, losing both their matches after taking their bye round in the morning and as a result finding themselves in sixth place.
USA I and Denmark are not far behind but then there is the first sign of a gap developing and the next two teams, France and Egypt, will have their work cut out to get back into the race for a qualifying place.
At the wrong end of the table Chinese Taipei had a much better day and have moved away from the wooden spoon position.
Today's outing gives everyone a chance to recharge their batteries before they start the second half of the Round Robin.