KUALA LUMPUR: Europe dominated the second day of the EurAsia Cup to lead Asia 9 to 3 at a sunny Glenmarie Golf & Country Club on Saturday.

“We do not want to be complacent, but there’s no harm in feeling confident and trying to win by a big margin,” Lee Westwood said. “We dominated the first two days and hopefully we will dominate the singles on the final day as well.”

Europe, which started Saturday with a 4 ½ to 1 ½ advantage, needs 3 ½ points from Sunday’s singles to win the tournament.

Ian Poulter combined with Danny Willett to give Europe a 3 and 2 win over Byeong Hun-an and Thongchai Jaidee in the opening foursomes, before Bernd Wiesberger teamed up with Ross Fisher to earn Europe its second point of the day, prevailing by 2 holes against Kim Kyung-tae and Wang Jeung-hun.

Shane Lowry and Andy Sullivan — one of the two pairs unchanged by team captain Darren Clarke — repaid that faith with a 3 and 2 triumph over Prayad Marksaeng and Shingo Katayama.

Asia had a gritty 2-hole victory through Kiradech Aphibarnrat and SSP Chawrasia, who saw off Chris Wood and Kristoffer Broberg.

Westwood and Matthew Fitzpatrick needed only 14 holes to defeat Anirban Lahiri and Ashun Wu, but the local combination of Nicholas Fung and Danny Chia halved their match against Soren Kjeldsen and Victor Dubuisson.

Fung and Chia are the only unbeaten Asian pair.

“We have to forget who we are playing,” Lahiri said. “On our day we can beat the best in the world. Between the 12 of us, if we can make 80 birdies, we will win it.”

Three players share 3rd round lead at Joburg Open

England’s Anthony Wall grabbed a share of the third-round lead with South Africans Zander Lombard and Haydn Porteous at the European Tour’s Joburg Open on Saturday.

Wall carded a bogey-free round of 68 on the East course at the Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club for a tournament total of 15 under par to set up a three-way tie going into Sunday.

Lombard was the big mover on the day as he birdied three of his last four holes for an excellent 65, while Porteous picked up shots on his last two holes for a 68.

The trio are two strokes in front of a group of four players that comprises American Daniel Im (65), Irishman Paul Dunne (68), South Africa’s Jacques Blaauw (67) and overnight leader Ross McGowan (73) from England.

McGowan found none of the fluency of Friday when he produced a thrilling 62 and his disappointing day was compounded by a double bogey on the par-four seventh.

Porteous and Lombard are seeking their maiden European Tour victories, while Wall last lifted silverware at the 2000 Alfred Dunhill Championship.