Siddikur slips

Siddikur Rahman dropped to joint 34th position in the USB Hong Kong Open after a disappointing second round yesterday. The 30-year-old golfer, who started the day tied for 11th, traded two birdies for a bogey and a double bogey at the Hong Kong Golf Club on Friday for a second round score of one-over-par (71). That took Siddikur's overall tally to two-under-par (138), thanks to a three-under-par he had fired in the opening round on Thursday.

However, Siddikur still trails the new leader, Justin Rose, by seven strokes as the Englishman backed his opening round 65 with a 66 yesterday. One stroke behind Rose is Lucas Bjerregaard of Denmark, with Ian Poulter of England and Lu Wei-chih of Chinese Taipei a further stroke behind.