Brit pair to spring upset.Byline: Jeremy Chapman VIVENDI TROPHY Sky Sports 2, 10.30am DEFENDING champions Great Britain Great Britain, officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 60,441,000), 94,226 sq mi (244,044 sq km), on the British Isles, off W Europe. The country is often referred to simply as Britain. & Ireland threatened to run away with Vivendi Trophy in Paris yesterday when they led 4.5-0.5 at one stage of yesterday's fourballs but a brave fightback by Miguel Angel Jimenez and Gonzo Fernandez-Castano in the bottom match meant the first day ended with the Continentals trailing by only 3-2 and still 10-11 favourites in some books. GB&I can be backed at evens but remember there are still 23 points at stake, most of them in Sunday's singles. Jimenez and Fernandez-Castano fought back from two behind to beat Ross Fisher Ross Fisher (born 22 November 1980) is an English golfer. Fisher joined the European Tour in 2006. He earned his card by finishing in 18th on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2005. In 2007 he won The KLM Open by one stroke over Joost Luiten. and out-of-sorts Nick Dougherty Nick Dougherty (born in Bootle, Merseyside on 24 May 1982) is an English golfer. He is a protégé of Nick Faldo and had an exceptional amateur career with numerous tournament wins including the 1999 World Boys Championship and three in Faldo Junior Series events. to add to a good win by Anders Hansen Anders Hansen (born 16 September 1970) is a Danish golfer. Hansen turned professional in 1995. It took him a few years to establish himself on the European Tour, with his first top 116 Order of Merit finish (the level a player requires to automatically regain his card) , who was seven under par on his own ball, and Francesco Molinari after Britain's top three pairings, headed by rampant Irishmen Graeme McDowell and Rory McIlroy, had all been hammered. Europe's bankers, Swedes Henrik Stenson and Robert Karlsson, proved damp squibs as they got stuffed by the unlikely partnership of Anthony Wall and Chris Wood, and with Karlsson clearly short of 100 per cent fitness in his first tournament for almost four months, the Swedes have been split for today's second fourball session. It frees up Stenson to partner the world's longest hitter, Alvaro Quiros, who himself played indifferently, and I fancy Simon Dyson and Oliver Wilson, leading off for GB at 10.35am, to spring an upset. Dyson had spent 14 hours in bed with food poisoning food poisoning, acute illness following the eating of foods contaminated by bacteria, bacterial toxins, natural poisons, or harmful chemical substances. It was once customary to classify all such illnesses as "ptomaine poisoning," but it was later discovered that at the start of the week but still poured in four birdies in five holes round the turn. Luckily, Karlsson faces GB's weakest pair, Robert Rock and Steve Webster, and may do better with in-form Fernandez-Castano. But the loss of his fellow Spaniard may affect Jimenez who now gets steady Soren Kjeldsen as his partner. I don't think that pairing are any good thing to beat Wall and rookie Wood. Recommendation Dyson & Wilson to beat Stenson & Quiros 3pts 7-5 Betfred Today's tee-off times - 10.35 Stenson & Quiros v Dyson & Wilson; 10.50 Hanson & S Hansen v Dougherty & R Fisher; 11.05 A Hansen & F Molinari v McDowell & McIlroy; 11.20 Fernandez-Castano & Karlsson v Rock and Steve Webster; 11.35 Jimenez & Kjeldsen v Wall & Wood. |
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