Chennai: Akshay Sharma von Chandigarh had maintained his lead on the second day with a solid four-below 68er of the Chennai Open 2025 driven by CPCL.
Akshay (63-68), who enjoyed a lead with three shots after the first round, kept his place on the top on the pack after reaching a total of 131 on the second day. The 35-year-old Akshay, a winner of three titles, including two on the PGTI and one on the PGTI feeder tour, was the clubhouse leader of One Shot, as the second round could not be completed on Wednesday due to fading light.
Delhis Shaurya Bhattcharya (67-65), who was fourth after the first round and was four shots from the lead, produced a 65 on the second day to place second place in the clubhouse with 12-down 132.
Rain delayed the beginning of the game on Wednesday for the second day by one hour, with the campaign started at 8:00 a.m. As a result, the round could not be completed on Wednesday, since the game was hung up at 6.15 p.m. due to the fading. Twelve players of a total of 125 could not complete the second round on Wednesday. You will resume your second round on Thursday from 7:30 a.m. The cut is declared after the second round has been completed and the third round then begins. The third round will not start on Thursday before 9 a.m.
Akshay Sharma, not in the same form as round, managed to keep the rest in front of the rest in the second round. Akshay landed his wedge three times in four feet from the pin on the buttiness, where he then picked up birdies.
Among the three Birdies from Akshay on the front nine were two conversions from a range of 15 to 20 feet. However, he also dropped two bogeys on the front nine.
Akshay said: “I didn’t play so well, especially with regard to my T -Shots and Puts. But the wedges came to my rescue today, especially the gap wedge, which for me set up some early birdies.
“I have good memories of this course after I led the field to the last round a few years ago. I will try to refresh these memories in the last two rounds, and if I can repeat myself in the first round, I have a good chance of ending my five -year victory.”
Shaurya Bhattacharya’s round showed a few conversions of 30 to 35 feet when he found eight birdies against a lonely bogey.
Gurugrams Manu Gandas (68) was space with 10 under 134 third place.
The Anant Singh Ahlawat, based in Panchkula, made a hole in a hole on the Par-3 hole on the way to a nine-below 63, the lowest round of the day. Anant, together with Sri Lankas N Thangaraja (66), occupied the fourth position at nine under 135.
