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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaya – European teenager Matteo Manassero effort a 6-under 66 to verify the early lead, while newly comate poet champion Charl Schwartzel struggled weekday in the inaugural ammo of the Asiatic Open.

Schwartzel had a 1-over 73 on the prototypal farewell of the tournament at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club after arriving in Malaya a day earlier. Fellow South individual Louis Oosthuizen effort a three-under 69.

"I didn't rest very well," Schwartzel said, complaining of plane lag. "I'm struggling to focus. The golf stroke is tight. ... I was tripping so beatific terminal hebdomad and the weeks before that. The body isn't responding right now, but it module come."

Manassero delighted the gathering with his putting as he sank eight birdies, including the terminal quaternary holes. Manassero turns 18 incoming hebdomad and said it would be a "nice artefact to celebrate" by success in Malaysia.

"It module be beatific to intend to a major age!" said Manassero, who became the European Tour's youngest succeeder when he captured the Castello poet Costa Azahar terminal year.

"I played substantially and holed a few pleasant 20 footers," he added. "I same the gritty greens. I see same I crapper impact every swing solid and it gives me certainty putting."

Among the players still to closing the ammo were Rory McIlroy, who led the poet for 63 holes before a disastrous test round.

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