Intro:

Matteo Manassero and Sergio Garcia, who shot rounds of 67 and 68 respectively in the first round of the Open Championship, both hoped to continue their good form into the weekend.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English) Matteo Manassero, five-under-par (on Italian players' successes in the first round of the Open Championship):

Matteo Manassero, five-under-par (on Italian players' successes in the first round of the Open Championship):

"It's fantastic. It's great. I knew they were playing solid golf, just I saw in a practice round Edoardo was playing really, really solid, and Francesco is…. I'm always sure that Francesco is going to do something well in this kind of golf courses, especially even more, and so very good for Italian golf. We got off to a fast start, all of us, and when you've got three and you don't have only one there is more chances they are gong to stay up until Sunday and it's going to be wonderful to have at least one Italian or a few Italians up there on Sunday afternoon. It's going to be fun…. if there is."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Sergio Garcia, four-under-par (on whether his fine first round and previous Open Championship experience can help him win the Claret Jug at Royal Liverpool):

"It's only the first day, so there are so many things that can happen out there and, it would be nice to put myself in a position to have a solid chance on Sunday like I did a couple of times and like I did in 2006 here. But there's, this is still only the first day, so we're going to go a little step by step and hopefully keep shooting good scores depending on how the weather is and then see, like I said, if we have a good solid chance on Sunday."