India’s Angad Cheema was in a four-way tie for second on 5 beneath general with Marcel Siem of Germany, Gudmundur Kristjansson of Iceland, and Mikko Korhonen of Finland.

Honey Baisoya of India and Joost Luiten of the Netherlands have been six photographs off the lead.

Paul, whose solely win on the European tour got here on the Mallorca Open final 12 months, is taking part in for the sixth straight week.

“The course suits my game. You have to stay patient and have a good strategy,” mentioned Paul, who performed collegiately on the University of Colorado. “I like India, it’s my first time in India. Every tournament I’m going to, I’m trying to win.”

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