San Francisco, California, 01-05-2015
Anirban Lahiri goes down in tough battle against Justin Rose, Indian still in with a chance of making it to last 16
India’s Anirban Lahiri lost a battle of attrition against world number six Justin Rose of England at the WGC – Cadillac Matchplay.
Lahiri, who defeated American Ryan Palmer in his first match, never trailed in his match against Rose until losing to the Englishman’s birdie on the first extra hole (19th hole).
The Indian star put up a spirited performance yet again as he led one-up with one to play but Rose, who lost in his opening match, produced a closing birdie to send the match into extra time.
Rose, a former US Open champion, then produced another birdie on the first extra hole to close out the match. Lahiri will now need to defeat Australian Marc Leishman on Friday to have any hope of getting into the knockout round of last 16.
“It was a battle all day. That was the first time I was up on any two days (on the 19th hole). That was a nice one to pull out,” said Rose. “Anirban is a great putter. The first hole, I looked like I had it won comfortably but he produced a 30 footer and on the next hole, he holed a 40-footer which I knew was going to be a touch match.”
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