Volvo China Open - Day two digest

Everything you need to know from the second round in Shenzhen.

Sebastian Söderberg shines in Shenzhen, Romain Langasque soldiers on and George Worrall shows two days are never the same on the golf course in round two of the Volvo China Open.

Here is everything you need to know from day two at Hidden Grace Golf Club.

Söderberg saunters at the summit

Overnight leader Söderberg continued his fine recent form to extend his lead at the halfway mark to three shots. The Swede came to China on the back of two runner-up finishes to also lead the Asian Swing Rankings. Sharing the overnight lead with Frenchman Langasque at nine under, he carded eight birdies and one dropped shot to get to 16 under par, three clear of England's Paul Waring. Söderberg said: "It’s important to focus on my own game and not worry about how others are doing. It’s going to be a mental challenge over the weekend for sure. I feel pretty confident with my game at the moment, but obviously the pressure will be a lot higher with me at the top of the leaderboard heading into the weekend. I really need to keep my emotions in check and hopefully I can get over the line."

Li lights up home crowd

Li Haotong is a fans' favourite in his home event and he did not disappoint the adoring crowd with an excellent tee-shot at the par-three eighth. Li, who won this event in 2016, was struggling to this point having carded a double-bogey and two dropped shots in his opening seven holes to drop back to four under, but he dialled in to five feet to card his first birdie of the day.

Langasque puts his (bad) back into it

Overnight joint-leader Langasque was better placed than most after a brilliant 63 on day one, but succumbed to a bad injury on Friday morning. The Frenchman decided to grind it out at Shenzen and the fans were rewarded when he got the big stick out on the fairway and got it on in two. Fair play.

Tale of two rounds

Australian Worrall proved two days are never the same on the golf course. The 25-year-old struggled in his opening round with six dropped shots, a double and triple-bogey and only two birdies to card a nine-over 81. However, he bounced back in style with a flawless Friday of 65 to give himself a confidence boost, despite failing to make the weekend.

Manessaro's monster putt just misses out

Italian Matteo Manassero was out of position on the last as he was lurking around the cut mark, which was at three under. He was on four under when he had this huge putt for par, how did it not fall?