Annika stages fightback in France

World number one Annika Sorenstam launched the main European attack on American youngsters Paula Creamer and Christina Kim after a second round 66 in the Evian Masters in France yesterday.

Creamer and Kim, both hoping to make their Solheim Cup debuts in September, shot second successive rounds of 68 for eight under 136 and led by two from Sorenstam.

15-year-old Michelle Wie, shot 75 in the first round with new caddie, Brian Smallwood, on the bag. But the man who has worked for Gary Player and Christy O'Connor, was replaced by her father, BJ, and she improved with a 70. She said: "It was my decision. Our chemistry just didn't work."