Indian men slide further

CHENNAI, OCT. 24. In the 10th position overnight in a field of 18 teams after three rounds, the Indian Open squad slipped to the 12th slot at the end of six rounds on Tuesday in the World bridge championship for the Bermuda Bowl in Paris.

India beat Poland by 16-14 victory points (VPs) in the fourth round, but lost to USA-2 (11-19) and Australia (14-16) to end the day with 86 VPs out of a possible 150.

Egypt and USA-2 share the top spot with 119 VPs each. Poland (114), Italy (112), France (105), USA-1 (98), Brazil (97), Japan (96), Norway (92) and Israel (90) took the next eight slots.

On the other hand, the Indian women scored two wins in three matches to improve their position to the 16th with 62 VPs out of a possible 150 at the end of six rounds.

On Tuesday, India beat Japan 16-14, lost to England 14-16 but came back strongly to overcome Austria 19-11.

The top 10 slots in the eves section are held by France (123), China (119), England (111), South Africa (111), Austria (109), USA-1 (108), Israel (105), USA-2 (92), Germany (90) and Italy (81).

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