Venice Cup, Lyon, Day 4

After a tense day's play, England emerged on Tuesday evening in sixth place as we approach the half-way point of the round-robin stage. 

Proceedings re-commence with another nail-biter this morning, this time against the Dutch, who have led the tournament all the way from the start.  In Chennai, two years ago, we managed to defeat them in the bronze-medal play-off, in which there were some extraordinary hands and, no doubt, there will be plenty of further excitement in today's instalment.

This is to be followed by encounters against Chinese Taipei and Jordan.


Current Standings after nine matches::

1	NETHERLANDS	121.96
2	CHINA	118.54
3	SWEDEN	115.01
4	INDONESIA	113.30
5	POLAND	108.95
6	ENGLAND	104.44
7	RUSSIA	103.19
8	EGYPT	98.23
9	FRANCE	97.71
10	AUSTRALIA	97.70
11	USA1	95.10
12	ARGENTINA	93.40
13	USA2	93.33
14	ISRAEL	92.92
15	BRAZIL	86.28
16	ITALY	84.35
17	NEW ZEALAND	73.85
18	CANADA	70.18
19	MOROCCO	61.62
20	CHINESE TAIPEI	52.06
21	INDIA	49.97
22	JORDAN	45.91