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• SUN CITY, South Africa -- Paul Lawrie has a chance at an ideal end to a strong comeback year after the Scots 3-under 69 gave him the halfway lead at the Nedbank Golf Challenge at Sun City on Friday. Wholesale Jerseys . Lawrie had just one bogey on another tough day for players on the challenging Gary Player Country Club course and made four birdies for a 4-under-par total of 140. A major champion over a decade ago, Lawrie had a one-shot lead over Ryder Cup teammate Martin Kaymer heading to the weekend and a chance at a third win this year. They were the only players to break 70 in the second round. "The course is demanding," Lawrie said. "You have to drive the ball very well and keep the ball in play to give yourself a chance to get it close to the pin. Its a great golf course. So far, so good but a long way to go." Kaymer had five birdies in his 69 and only consecutive bogeys on Nos. 8 and 9 kept him back. The German sank the putt that retained the Ryder Cup for Europe but despite that golden moment, the former top-ranked golfer hasnt won a tournament for a year. "Three-under par is a very good score on this golf course," Kaymer said. Charl Schwartzel recovered from a bogey on the second to go around in 71 for a share of third at 1 under with Francesco Molinari (71), Louis Oosthuizen (72) and overnight co-leader Bill Haas (73) -- two behind Kaymer and three off the pace. Defending champion Lee Westwood was level par in his quest to become the first player to win three straight Nedbank titles. The No. 6-ranked Englishman made two double bogeys in his second round and did well to only bogey No. 14 after ending up in an island of deep rough in the middle of a bunker. Only a birdie at the last kept Westwood from slipping into plus numbers in his title defence. Haas came back well on the back nine after doubling his first hole and bogeying two more to turn at 40. The American made three birdies coming home for a 73 and a 1-under 143 alongside local hopes Schwartzel and Oosthuizen and Italys Molinari. Belgiums Nicolas Colsaerts crashed from a share of the overnight lead to a tie for 10th in the 12-player field after successive sevens -- one a double bogey and one a triple -- on the 2nd and 3rd. He also had two other bogeys for a 6-over 78 to slump to 4 over. Only Justin Rose was behind him. The No. 4-ranked Rose also had a triple-bogey seven on the treacherous par-4 3rd and four other bogeys to go 7 over for the day and slip to 8 over overall. Rose has followed the course-record 62 he shot in the final round of the World Tour Championship with rounds of 73 and 79 in South Africa. Swedes Peter Hanson and Carl Pettersson were behind Westwood in eighth and ninth respectively, with South Africas Garth Mulroy tied with Colsaerts for 10th on 4-over 148. Schwartzel and Oosthuizen were both within range of the lead and a first home win at Sun City for five years after hanging in there on a windy day. Lawrie benefited from staying well clear of the tough rough and dealt well with the breeze. His approach to within five feet on 17 set up the last of four birdies for the 1999 British Open champion, who has won twice in 2012 after going nearly a decade without a victory before last years Open de Andalucia. "I came back here a more experienced player, certainly a better tee to green player than I was in 1999," said Lawrie, who last played at Sun City the year he won the Open. "I am a better player than I was back then." Wholesale Jerseys Supply .1 million. Weeden was the No. 22 overall pick this year out of Oklahoma State and will join the rest of the Browns rookies on Wednesday, when camp opens. One of those other newcomers is running back Trent Richardson, also a first-round pick this year, who agreed to a four-year, $20. 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Wholesale Jerseys China . -- Already No. 1 in the world, Luke Donald now is No.Flushing Meadows, NY (Sports Network) - World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka and defending champion Samantha Stosur were among the fourth-round winners Sunday at the US Open. The top-seeded Azarenka was a straight-set victor over Anna Tatishvili at Louis Armstrong Stadium. The Belarusian, who won the Australian Open this year, defeated Tatishvili, 6-2, 6-2 to earn a date with Stosur in the quarterfinals of the final Grand Slam event of the year. Stosur, seeded seventh, made quick work of 18-year-old British upstart Laura Robson with a 6-4, 6-4 triumph. The reigning U.S. Open champion fired six aces against Robson, who had already upset Kim Clijsters and Li Na. In the nightcap, former world No. 1 Maria SSharapova overcame a 1-hour, 15- minute rain delay to dispatch Nadia Petrova 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.dddddddddddd The third-seeded Sharapova has appeared in three of the last five major finals (1-2), including a French Open title run in June to complete a career Grand Slam. Sharapova, a 2012 Olympic silver medalist and 2006 U.S. Open champion, will meet 11th-seeded Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli, who stormed back for a 1-6, 6-2, 6-0 victory over fifth-seeded left-handed Czech slugger Petra Kvitova. Entering the match, Kvitova was a red-hot 15-1 since the Olympics, which included a recent win over Bartoli in Montreal. The 2012 womens singles champion in New York will earn at least $1.9 million. ' ' '

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