Asia will head into Sunday’s Singles matches with a surprising one-point lead at the EurAsia Cup after finishing day two’s Foursomes with with a flourish.
Europe looked like it was on its way to a day-two blowout after taking the first three points, but Asia won the three final matches to take a 6½-5½ lead into Sunday’s Singles matches.
Here’s a rundown of the six Foursome matches on Saturday at Glenmarie Golf and Country Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
SLIDESHOW
All the matches in a six-photo slideshow…
Note: Matches are listed in order by finish, not necessarily by match number.
MATCH 1
Tommy Fleetwood and Henrik Stenson beat Anirban Lahiri and S.S.P Chawrasia 3 and 2.
Foursomes Score: Europe 1 Asia 0
Running Score: Europe 3½ Asia 3½
MATCH 2
Paul Casey and Tyrrell Hatton beat Byeong Hun An and Kiradech Aphibarnrat 2 and 1
Foursomes Score: Europe 2 Asia 0
Running Score: Europe 4½ Asia 3½
MATCH 4
Thomas Pieters and Matthew Fitzpatrkick beat Sunghoon Kang and Poom Saksansin 3 and 2
Foursomes Score: Europe 3 Asia 0
Running Score: Europe 5½ Asia 3½
MATCH 3
Yuta Ikeda and Gavin Green beat Rafael Cabrera Bello and Alex Levy 1 up
Foursomes Score: Europe 3 Asia 1
Running Score: Europe 5½ Asia 4½
MATCH 5
Hideto Tanihara and Phachara Khongwatmai beat Alex Noren and Paul Dunne 2 and 1
Foursomes Score: Europe 3 Asia 2
Running Score: Europe 5½ Asia 5½
MATCH 6
Li Haotong and Nicholas Fung beat Ross Fisher and Bernd Wiesberger 3 and 1
Foursomes Score: Europe 3 Asia 3
Running Score: Europe 5½ Asia 6½
VIDEO RECAP
All of day two’s highlights in 90 seconds…
Credits: Getty Images, European Tour Media
