Jimenez stars again as Europe close in on EurAsia win

Europe remained on course for victory in the inaugural EurAsia Cup despite a spirited fightback from Asia on the second day in Kuala Lumpur.

After being whitewashed 5-0 in Thursday’s fourballs, Thongchai Jaidee’s side hit back to take three points from yesterday’s foursomes, with Prayad Marksaeng and Kim Hyung-sung beating Thomas Bjorn and Thorbjorn Olesen and Anirban Lahiri and Siddikur Rahman defeating Joost Luiten and Victor Dubuisson.

And it could have been even better for the home side, who at one point led in four of the matches and were level in the other, with Europe captain Miguel Angel Jimenez helping deny Jaidee victory in the opening contest.