Sweden's Daniel Chopra fired a sizzling six-under-par 65 to take the clubhouse lead after the second round of the Singapore Open Friday following a second weather delay which put the tournament well behind schedule. Chopra was one of only 61 players to finish their second rounds after another stop-start day at the Sentosa Golf Club and his seven-under par total put him two shots clear of those who have completed 36 holes. First round leader Ian Poulter and Taiwanese qualifier Chan Yih-shin are also on seven-under for the tournament but both have yet to reach the turn and will return with a majority of the field to complete their second rounds on Saturday morning. Australia's Andrew Dodt and China's Liang Wenchong are two shots off the lead on five under after both recorded three-under-par 69s, along with Japan's Kodai Ichihara who has only completed six holes of his second round. Ernie Els is a further shot adrift after three holes of his second round, the South African joining Briton Ross McGowan (69), India's Gaganjeet Bhullar (67) and Australia's Scott Hend (66) in a share of seventh place. Chopra walked off the course in near darkness Thursday after limping through eight holes of his opening round in two-over-par. But he returned early on Friday and played 28 holes of bogey-free golf to rocket to the top of the leaderboard. Starting his second round on one-under for the tournament, the 35-year-old Swede went out in 32 to move into contention and pulled clear of the chasing pack with back-to-back birdies on six and seven (his 15th and 16th). Chopra has endured a fairly frustrating season. Liang won the Singapore Masters in 2007 and clearly enjoys competing in the Southeast Asian city-state but the Chinese number one's hopes of leading the tournament at the halfway stage were let down by poor control on the shorter holes. The cut is projected at two-over par, meaning Ireland's Padraig Harrington (+1), Australia's Geoff Ogilvy (+2) and American world number two Phil Mickelson (-1 after 22 holes) should all be around for the weekend.
