Logo for the 2014 Men's Foil Grand Prix
Logo for the 2014 Men’s Foil Grand Prix

Andrea Baldini (ITA) defeated Enzo Lefort (FRA) 15-12 to win the St. Petersburg Men’s Foil Grand Prix. The finals was not one to be expected as #7 seed Valerio Aspromonte (ITA) was the only top-8 seed to make the final 8. Among the upsets were #1 Cassara who lost in the 64, placing 33rd.

4 Russian foilists made it to the final 8 with many upsets along the way. Among those was Dmitry Komissarov, who entered with a world ranking of 73rd but fought his way to the final 4 and world 170 Timur Arslanov who won his first two elimination matches 15-9 against Cheremisinov (RUS) and Le Pechoux (FRA) before falling to Baldini by the same 15-9 score.

 
Video of the Finals: The match starts at about 25 minutes into the video stream.


The US fencers had a rough day as 10th ranked Race Imboden lost his first elimination match to Klod Yunes (UKR) 15-9. Alexander Massialas and Miles Chamle-Watson won their opening matches against Journet (FRA) and Pauty (FRA). Massialas fell in the 32 to Dmitry Komissarov (RUS) 15-12 and Chamley-Watson lost to Lei Sheng (CHN) 15-11.

Final Placement – 2014 St. Petersburg Men’s Foil Grand Prix

PlaceNameCountry 
1  BALDINI AndreaITA
2  LEFORT EnzoFRA
3  ASPROMONTE ValerioITA
3  KOMISSAROV DmitryRUS
5  KHOVANSKY AlexeyRUS
6  RIGINE DmitriRUS
7  ARSLANOV TimurRUS
8  LEI ShengCHN
9  MA JianfeiCHN
10  HEO JunKOR
11  MIYAKE RyoJPN
12  CHIDA KentaJPN
13  LE PECHOUX ErwanFRA
14  NISTA LorenzoITA
15  GANEEV RenalRUS
16  CHEN HaiweiCHN
17  CHEREMISINOV AlexeyRUS
18  CHAMLEY-WATSON MilesUSA
19  DAVIS JamesGBR
20  AVOLA GiorgioITA
21  MASSIALAS AlexanderUSA
22  LI HuaCHN
23  GAROZZO DanieleITA
24  FOCONI AlessioITA
25  SANITA AndreGER
26  TOFALIDES AlexGBR
27  OTA YukiJPN
28  SIMON VincentFRA
28  CADOT JeremyFRA
30  KWAK JunhyukKOR
31  YUNES KlodUKR
32  HAN DongjinKOR
33  CASSARA AndreaITA
34  JOPPICH PeterGER
35  IMBODEN RaceUSA
36  KRUSE RichardGBR
37  HA Tae-KyuKOR
38  SEDOV ArtemRUS
39  SHI JialuoCHN
40  BYK SergueiBLR
41  POSCHARNIG JohannesAUT
42  CHERNIKOV DenisRUS
43  TAO JialeCHN
44  LUPERI EdoardoITA
45  LICHAGIN KirillRUS
46  AWAJI SuguruJPN
47  MEPSTEAD MarcusGBR
48  GLONEK RadoslawPOL
49  VAN HAASTER MaximilienCAN
50  SAFIN TimurRUS
51  CHEUNG Siu LunHKG
51  COOK KeithGBR
53  POGREBNYAK AndriyUKR
54  PITTA GuillaumeFRA
55  MAJEWSKI MichalPOL
56  JOURNET BenoitFRA
57  SAKANO HirokazuJPN
57  BACHMANN SebastianGER
59  BRAUN MariusGER
60  KIM HyogonKOR
61  PRANZ ReneAUT
62  PAUTY MaximeFRA
63  PODSHYVALOV AndriyUKR
64  CHALIANKOV AliaksandrBLR
65  ESCURAT AymericFRA
66  KAWIECKI PawelPOL
66  FUJINO DaikiJPN
68  NAGASHIMA NoriyukiJPN
68  HATOEL MaorISR
70  SAITO YuJPN
71  ROSOWSKY HusaynGBR
72  KIM DongsuKOR
73  PLOCHARSKI FilipPOL
74  KONTOCHRISTOPOULOS NikolaosGRE
75  LI ChenCHN
76  NAGAEV NikitaRUS
77  WOHLGEMUTH DominikAUT
78  TELNYKH TarasUKR
79  UFTRING NiklasGER
80  KULAKOV DmitriyKAZ
81  MELIA RhysGBR
82  OSMANSKI PawelPOL
83  KOLTYGO VolodymyrUKR
83  RAJSKI LeszekPOL
85  KROEPLIN MoritzGER
86  LECOCQ Hans JoachimBEL
87  STUEHLER SvenAUT
88  SON Young KiKOR
88  ALVEAR AnibalCHI
90  PARK Guy MeenKOR
91  SILVA RubenCHI
91  KOMSIC IvanCRO
93  BORONTOV PavelRUS
94  FITZGERALD JamieGBR
95  GOMEZ DanielMEX
95  ALVEAR FelipeCHI
97  KOLESNIKOV PylypUKR
98  JOVANOVIC BojanCRO
99  ULASIK YauheniBLR
100  FIJOLIC VedranCRO
101  FARK FredericGER
102  PAVINSKIY AndreyRUS
103  GUSTINELLI JohannGER
104  DOBIASCH MartinAUT
105  JANDA MichalPOL
105  PETRISIC NatkoCRO
107  PROVODNIKOV AlexandrKAZ

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