Second seed and world champion Li Na of China was bundled out of the Olympic women's fencing competition after she lost to defending champion Britta Heidemann of Germany 14-13 yesterday
Meanwhile, Roger Federer set his sights on two gold medals after taking the express route into the third round of the Olympics with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over France’s Julien Benneteau.
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World number one Victoria Azarenka recovered from a second-set lapse to reach the London Olympics second round 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 against Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu.