English trio chase French pacesetter

Frenchman Christian Cevaer set the early pace at the Volvo China Open, firing a six-under-par 66 to grab a one-stroke lead at the Honghua International Golf Club in Beijing.

Cevaer put himself on top of the leaderboard in front of a chasing pack which included English trio Ross Fisher, Simon Wakefield and Simon Dyson, plus Spaniard Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano and Sweden’s Peter Hanson who all shot a 67 in sunny conditions.