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Ryan Fox leader of Saudi International interrupted by night

A downpour, a strong thunderstorm and a nice interruption of more than two hours. This is what prevented 48 players from completing their second round of Saudi International this Friday. However, Ryan Fox not only passed between the drops, but he also managed to complete his second part on time. Balance sheet: a new 67 to score 10 under the par, at the top of the leaderboard.

The powerful New Zealander temporarily shares the highest step with Stephen Gallacher, who has six holes to play … Andy Sullivan (66) and Bernd Wiesberger (68) are among the lucky ones settled quietly in 3rd row at -8. Dustin Johnson, in the midst of the demolition of the field, was -5 day when he was stopped at the start of the 15th. The world n ° 1 is also third.

Frenchies are speeding up

Victor Perez had a very contrasted day when he was interrupted at the start of the 14th. After a double bogey from the 2nd, the French n ° 1 rushed headlong on the restart (played in totally absent or almost totally absent wind conditions) and six birdies between the 4 and the 13. The Tarbais spun immediately once the game was interrupted, anticipating a forced morning resumption the next day to complete this second round.

Antoine Rozner had plenty of time. The Parisian was even all smiles at the start of the 18th when a referee confirmed to him that he would have time to complete his course on time: ” This is the good news of the day! », Joked the Racingman at the start of the 18th. However his part was not of the unpleasant kind.

She was even very committed! This 67 (-3) was only marred by a single bogey after a drive dropped in a thick rough at 14 with 3 putts to follow. The rest of the time, Antoine Rozner fired arrows after arrows, irons in hands while hitting hard and fair. Only a slightly sharper putting prevents the Frenchman from climbing higher in the standings at the start of the weekend.

Romain Langasque is also one of those lucky ones who twice signed their cards this Friday. Author of a combative and above all patient game, Lancaisse was able to bounce back from an iron shot like … ugly / splash … at 16 (double bogey) to investigate five birdies on his last eleven holes (he started from 10). The big play is still going strong and the putter is starting to heat up.

Behind, it will be necessary to wait a little to know if Mike Lorenzo Vera (70 this Friday), Julien Guerrier (-1 total with still 7 holes to play), Victor Dubuisson (69, by total) and Matthieu Pavon (in the par total with 7 more holes to complete) will be part of the celebration this weekend. For the moment the cut is fixed in par.

It may be a bit fair for Joël Stalter (72, +1 total) who suffered the worst possible wind conditions in the morning, like the day before … Alexander Levy ended his tournament with a 73 (+4 total ), Benjamin Hébert still has two holes to play, but also points to +4 total, the fault of a driving generally absent. Raphaël Jacquelin did not wait for the resumption of play to complete his second round. Far from the cut, he preferred to spin and was therefore disqualified.

What else to remember?

Viktor Hovland took advantage of the very tough conditions of the morning. In a wind more and more sustained as the storm came, the Norwegian signed a 66 virgin of the slightest pellet to climb to 12th place at -6: fast *! (* solid … in Norwegian).

The coup of the day? It is for Justin Rose who with a delicate little blow of wood 3 investigated one of the six birdies in his game. Stopped at the start of 16, JR is currently in 7th position.

No wonder in such conditions to find Tommy Fleetwood at the forefront. The Englishman with the Beatles hair post 65 with a single error at 18 (par 5!).

The last lap will be relaunched on Saturday morning at 7:30 am local time. The third round should start around 10 a.m. The players will be grouped into games of two, but will start from 1 and 10 to ensure a third round end on time.

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