Round 2 plays (2pts):
Craig Lee to beat David Drysdale -114 @ Pinnacle [also available @ 5Dimes and SkyBet]
Drysdale was backed in rd1 on the basis of his steady form and excellent record in this event, but he is opposed in rd2 with a player in better form - he finished 8th last week in the Czech Masters - and played particularly well from tee-to-green today. Both are just outside the top-110 on the Race to Dubai and so need a good week. Lee, in 5th place after rd1, looks set to achieve that and is better placed than Drysdale in 13th.
Paul Peterson to beat Carlos Del Moral +100 @ SkyBet
Del Moral is also just outside the top-110 on the Race to Dubai, but he shot 75 today and is four shots off the cut line. I don't see him bouncing back tomorrow, whereas Peterson doesn't have the 2016 European Tour Card pressures as he is inside the top-10 on the Asian PGA Tour Order of Merit. While that Tour is on a break, he recorded a top-20 finish in Denmark and looks more than capable of beating Del Moral for a second day.
Peter Lawrie to beat Daniel Gaunt +110 @ Pinnacle [also available @ 5Dimes and SkyBet]
Surprised to see Lawrie as an underdog in this matchup. Gaunt is leading a European Tour at the end of the day for just the second time in his career and on the previous occasion - 2015 BMW International Open - he then dropped to 13th in rd2. He is 1-for-6 when leading after rd1 on the European Challenge Tour; 1-for-4 when leading after rd2 on the Challenge Tour; and 1-for-3 when leading after rd3 on that Tour, so he has converted some of these leads into wins, but only in a minority of cases. He looks opposable tomorrow.
Adilson Da Silva to beat Paul Peterson -130 @ 5Dimes
Da Silva is another regular on the Asian PGA Tour and he has kept himself much busier over recent months, finishing in the top-10 in each of the last three Southern Africa Tour events. Peterson can't match that form and is already a shot behind the Brazilian after rd1. A similar outcome is expected tomorrow.
