In the end, overnight leader Elvira cruised into a three-shot lead following a third birdie of the day at the seventh. He did leave a chance for others as he finished his front nine with successive bogeys, and Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry, Daniel Hillier and Marcus Armitage joined the Spaniard
Armitage shares the lead alongside Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts and Sweden's Marcus Kinhult, who played in the morning and held a share of the lead for most of the day.
: India's Veer Ahlawat made his first cut on the DP World Tour after taking up membership of the Tour. The 28-year-old who played one hole after waiting overnight as darkness had enveloped the Al Hamra Golf on the first day, birdied the 18th and shot 3-under 69 in the second to move into the