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Randhawa hangs on to his lead

Shanghai: Jyoti Randhawa overcame a disastrous start to hang on to his one shot lead at the midway stage of $5 million HSBC Champions golf tournament here on Friday.

Randhawa led a sensational Indian challenge as Shiv Kapur (67) and Jeev Milkha Singh (70) also moved into the top-10 of the leaderboard to make it look an Indian summer.

After Jeev played the first two days with Tiger Woods, who stormed back into contention with a course record equalling eight-under 64, midway leader Randhawa will be paired with Woods and second-placed Retief Goosen (67) in the third round.

The Indian trio was the toast in a world-class field that saw Woods bringing in a sizzling 64 with seven birdies, an eagle and one bogey.

Woods was tied with 2005 U.S. Open champion Michael Campbell, who had a 70, and one ahead of Scotland's Marc Warren, Chawalit Plaphol of Thailand and European No. 1 Padraig Harrington.

Woods shook off the rust of his first round and said his form was approaching what it had been at the WGC-American Express championship, where he won on October 1 for his sixth straight PGA Tour victory

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Woods had Roger Federer following him in the gallery on Thursday and shared a meal with the tennis No. 1 later in the evening.

Important scores: Jyoti Randhawa (65-69) 134; Retief Goosen (68-67) 135; Tiger Woods (72-64) 136; Michael Campbell (66-70) 136; Shiv Kapur (71-67) 138; Jeev Milkha Singh (70-69) 139; Gaurav Ghei (72-70) 142; Thaworn Wiratchant (75-67) 142. — Agencies

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