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France moved into the lead on a day when none of the other leading teams actually had a bad day but neither did they score particularly well. France lost the morning match 14-16 to Brazil, then scored 22 and 19 against New Zealand and Hungary respectively to total 55 on the day. Previous leaders, Poland lost all three matches by 14-16, to Chile, USA2 and Canada. Biggest total for the day went to Chinese Taipei, who had three wins for 59 VPs out of 75.
After nine rounds, roughly the half-way point in the Round Robin, France leads with 178 VPs from Poland on 174 and Canada 172. There is a significant gap to fourth-placed USA1, who are on 151.8. The field is tightly bunched behind the Americans with Israel on 149.7, Australia 146, Japan 144 and Chinese Taipei 141.
China Hong Kong had a good day with three wins, over USA2, Japan and USA1. At the bottom, Pakistan still seek their first win, but Egypt put a lot of daylight between themselves and 17th-placed New Zealand by smashing the Kiwis 25-3.
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