Three French people are in the top 10. At the end of this second round of the tournament, the Blues have a good day overall on Indian soil. This is the case first of Frédéric Lacroix 4th at -11. After a first day without bogey at -5, the 28-year-old returned a card this Wednesday of 66 (-6). He made an eagle on hole 5, 5 birdies and a bogey. The Habs are alongside local Kartik Sharma and Swiss Joel Girrbach, author of the best card of the day like local Udayan Mane.
Behind, in 10th position, Ugo Coussaud and Tom Vaillant are both at -9. The latter had a faultless day with 3 birdies. His compatriot Ugo Coussaud gave him a card of 67 (-5) with a total of 6 birdies and a bogey. They share 10th position with local Aman Raj, German Michael Hirmer and Dane Jeppe Kristian Andersen.
A shot behind at -8, Robin Roussel is 15th. The winner of the Pas de Calais Open 2019, had spent a day at -9 before conceding 2 bogeys on his 16th and 18th holes. Now at -7 in total, he also made 2 eagles on holes 1 and 11 as well as 5 birdies. Further on, Mathieu Decottignies-Lafon is 36th at -4. He is followed by Clément Berardo and Félix Mory, 48th at -3. Benjamin Hebert is the last to pass the cut, 59th at -2.
Four Frenchmen miss the cut, this is the case of Victor Riu 83rd in par, Pierre Pineau 99th at +1, Jean Bekirian 111th at +2 and Julien Sale 130th at +4.
Alex Fitzpatrick is in the lead
The brother of the world No. 15, Matt Fitzpatrick, is the leader on Indian lands, at -14. Alex Fitzpatrick achieved a second consecutive day without bogey, with an eagle at 5 and 5 birdies: “We can’t really complain about a score lower than seven”did he declare. “I got off to a good start. I hit a few bad shots but managed to get up and down again, which was a turning point for me. Luckily I landed a few good putts and managed to eagle on the fifth hole which really kicked things off. You don’t have to be aggressive with these flags and the greens are so good that you can hit your putts. It is difficult to assess the wind here. One minute it’s into the wind, the next it’s behind and the next it’s left, so you have to take a few more seconds to be sure you know where the wind is. »
His pursuer in 2nd position is the Spaniard Ivan Cantero Gutierrez at -13. The 27-year-old had 8 birdies and a bogey. The Dutchman, Lars Van Meijel completes this top 3 at -12 with a total of 7 birdies and a bogey.
