Intro:

Reaction as South Africa duo Branden Grace and George Coetzee jointly lead the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters alongside Austrian Bernd Wiesberger on 9-under after the second round on Thursday (22nd January), one shot ahead of three players.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English) Branden Grace, 9-under (on being in joint-lead) "It was good, I got off to the start that I wanted, I got it to - I think it was three under through nine - which was nice and fell a little bit asleep on the back nine. But it was nice, it's a good way to be at the middle half of the tournament, I'll take it going in tied for the lead with two rounds to go."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Branden Grace, 9-under (on why South African players are on form) "I don't know, I think it's just that we have the good weather over the Christmas period of time, we take a break and we start grinding. I think, you know, when we head into the desert swing we are pretty much prepared and I think that's shown over the last couple of years and it's shown again this week. The guys are really performing, we're playing well and let's see if we can get a South African winner."

SOUNDBITE: (English) George Coetzee, 9-under "Yeah I mean I'm playing well, the swing is coming along slowly, but it's coming along pretty nicely. So it's, I've just got to wait for my birdies, it's not to force it and just kind of play the golf course like I know it."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Mark Warren, 8-under (on his 7-under round of 65) "Yeah obviously very pleased. Going out I was on the cut-mark and trying to get as far away from that as possible. You know round the turn, I played the back nine first, and once I'd started on the front nine I went eagle, birdie, three-putted for bogey and then three birdies in a row again. So I kind of obviously got it going there, holed a few really good putts today and missed a couple as well, a couple of short ones for par, but holed my fair share of birdie putts I think."