Determining the draw for the Women's round of 16

Competition is growing more intense in the three events still running at the 12th World Bridge Olympiad.

The International Senior Cup is down to the final two matches in the round-robin – and the leader at the end is the gold medal winner. USA and the Netherlands enter play today virtually neck and neck for the championship.

In the Women’s series, China led the qualifiers into the round of 16, which begins for them today. The Chinese women ended with 403 Victory Points at the top of Group A, while the Netherlands topped Group B with 400 VPs.

While the women were sorting out their knockout phase participants, several close matches took shape in the Open series.

With 32 boards left in the round of 16, the favoured Italian team held a 72-69 lead over USA, Ireland were up by 1 IMP over Sweden and Egypt was ahead of Japan 119-115.

Meanwhile, Pakistan held a 126-79 lead over England, the leading round-robin qualifier and China were having their way with Iceland 140-45.