Round of 64 Women’s Sabre Completed
In the round of 64 match, Poland storms out to a 4-0 lead vs. Byrne of Ireland. Byrne gets on the scoreboard with a slow attack and then followes it up with an attempt at another one, but is caught with her arm back.
It’s a case of “premier attack no” as Byrne’s hand comes back during her motion, allowing Wieckowska to take over on the attack. At the break, Wieckowska leads 8-1.
In other matches Besbes of Tunisia leads Chetty 8-2 at the break and Pundyk of Ukraine leads 8-4 at the break.
Starting out the second period, Byrne closes the gap 6-9. An attack, another “premier attack no” call, and a close-out riposte put it back 12-6 for Poland.