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Chella Choi was two strokes back at 11 under after a 66.

Sydnee Michaels had a course-record 62 to join Pornanong Phatlum and Thidapa Suwannapura at 10 under. Phatlum shot a 65, and Suwannapura had a 67.

Defending champion Stacy Lewis was 4 under after her second straight 70.

VOLVO WORLD MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP

KAVARNA, Bulgaria (AP) — Ian Poulter was eliminated from the Volvo World Match Play Championship after losing another round-robin match at Thracian Cliffs.

Poulter, the 2001 winner, lost to South Africa's Thomas Aiken, 1 up, when the English star bogeyed the last hole after missing the fairway.

Poulter lost to Thongchai Jaidee on Thursday. On Friday morning, Jaidee beat Aiken, 1 up.

Jaidee is one of only four players to win both early matches, joining Francesco Molinari, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano and Scott Jamieson.

The round of 16 pairing are: Branden Grace vs. Brett Rumford; Richard Sterne vs. Chris Wood; Molinari vs. Carl Pettersson; Shane Lowry vs. Aiken; Jamieson vs. Felipe Aguilar; Jaidee vs. Peter Hanson; Fernandez-Castano vs. Nicolas Colsaerts; and Graeme McDowell vs. Bo Van Pelt.

MADEIRA ISLANDS OPEN

SANTO DA SERRA, Madeira Islands (AP) — Scotland's Craig Lee took a one-stroke lead over American Peter Uihlein and Chile's Mark Tullo on Friday during the suspended second round of the Madeira Islands Open.

Lee shot a 4-under 68 to reach 9-under 135 at Santo da Serra Golf Club.

Uihlein, the former Oklahoma State star who won the 2010 U.S. Amateur, settled for a 64 after playing the first 12 holes in 10 under with an eagle and eight birdies. He bogeyed Nos. 15 and 16.

Tullo had a 69. France's Thomas Levet was fourth at 7 under after a 67.

Fog delayed play for 1½ hours and the round was suspended because of darkness.

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