Solid Chawrasia rises to Tied-10th at Shenzhen International

Shenzhen China Indian golfer SSP Chawrasia produced a solid fourunder 68 to regain his Tied10th place at the halfway stage of the USD 28 million Shenzhen International where play was suspended overnight before round two could be completedChawrasia experienced the highs and lows on the first day itself as he was lying tiedthird from where he fell to Tied50th in a matter of two holes where he double bogeyed and bogeyed another However he was in great form over the last 12 holesStarting from the 10th Chawrasia opened with a series of five pars and then bogeyed the 15th which he doubled on Thursday But after that he did not make a single mistake and had five birdies He birdied 16th and 18th to turn in oneunder and then added three more birdies on first fourth and eighth holesMeanwhile Koreas Soomin Lee stormed into a three shot lead on a weatherinterrupted second day of the Shenzhen InternationalLee starting on the tenth had five birdies on the back nine of the course and two more on first and ninth on the second stretchTournament drawcard Bubba Watson only managed to play one hole before play was suspended but he made a birdie to move up 11 places into a share of 23rd on twounder The twotime Masters champion will return early tomorrow to complete the remaining 17 holes of his second roundChawrasia was happy with his roundThere were two interruptions but I managed to keep focus and played on The start was very sedate with five pars and then play was suspended due to weather On resumption I bogeyed and then again managed three more birdies on the second nine he saidSometimes the weather can give you a good result when you get back after a series of missed chances or sometimes you can lose momentum but you have to concentrate and stay focused he addedChawrasia has three European Tour titles the latest being last month at Hero Indian Open All his three titles and a fourth on Asian Tour have come at home in India and he is looking for his first win outside IndiaThough happy with his position he added The leader is nine shots ahead but there are two more rounds I would need a solid third round to make up some more ground and then see how it goes in the final roundLeader Lee who already has a runnerup finish to his name this year at the Maybank Championship Malaysia led the field alongside Alexander Levy heading into the second roundBut then the 22yearold Korean took full advantage of his early tee time Despite two interruptions to his day he opened up a sizeable gap at the summit by moving to 13 under par courtesy of a flawless seven under 65In close chase however is fourtime European Tour winner Joost Luiten after the Dutchman signed for a sixunder 66 which included an eagle two at the 11th hole his second where he holed out with a sand wedgeAfter the opening round was cut short on day one thunderstorms again played havoc with the second days action at Genzon Golf Club as play was suspended twice and for a total of almost six hours but there was time to eventually finish the first round prior to the second halt in playRising stars Paul Dunne of Ireland and Brandon Stone of South Africa were three shots further back on sevenunder par after a threeunder 69 and a twounder 70 respectivelyLevy made a solid start late on as he aimed to shore up the gap with his first round coleader parring his first three holes before being called in while Lee Slattery of England was making good ground thanks to four birdies in his first five holes to join his French counterpart on six underToday I was very excited about my round because I made a lot of putts and his good straight shots so everything was perfect I have two more days now to try and stay bogey freeI feel this course is good for me because there are soft greens and heavy rough I like it when there is heavy rough so thats good for me