Italy vs Austria - The batlle of sexes

Table of Contents Page France and Italy Forge Ahead 1 Round 5 Slams 2 The All-Time Bridge Greats (4) 3 Hand Stories 4 Round 6 - Hungary vs Estonia 5 Team Profiles 6

France still lead and, along with Italy, have opened up a useful lead over the rest of the field. France scored 25, 22 and 18 for a bye, a total of 65 on the day. Italy, with two 22s and a 23 did even better, totalling 67 VPs. Greece moved away from the bottom of the table, scoring 18 for a bye and beating Israel 16-14 and Scotland 19-11.

Of the favourites, Norway had a poor day, losing 12-18 to Israel and 10-20 against Poland, while managing a narrow win, 17-13, over arch-rivals Sweden. Early leaders, England also fail to impress, losing 12-18 to Estonia and 14-16 to Sweden, while only scraping through 16-14 against Scotland.