Sullivan (61) shares lead with Warren at Vilamoura; Ramsay also has a 61

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Defending champion Andy Sullivan took a share of the lead into the weekend at the Portugal Masters after firing a brilliant 61 on day two at Victoria Clube de Golfe, Vilamoura.
The Englishman won the event last season by a record nine shots with a 23-under-par total, and another low scoring week had been expected, with many players talking up the possibility of the European Tour's first 59.
That barrier has yet to be broken but after overnight leader Marc Warren had added a 65 to his opening 63 to get to 14-under 128, Sullivan joined him with ten birdies that took his bogey-free run in Vilamoura to 56 holes.
Conditions were so favourable that Sullivan's effort only equalled the lowest round of the day and the season, with Scot Richie Ramsay also posting a 61 in the morning session to get to ten under.

The 14 under par total of 128 was the lowest 36-hole score this season achieved without preferred lies.
(Editor's note: Why do they play the Portugal Masters at a course which the pros find so easy when the Vilamoura Old Course, not all that far away, would be a much tougher test? They wouldn't be shooting 61 round it, that's for sure!)
Three-time Major Championship winner Padraig Harrington is without a win on the European Tour since his US PGA Championship triumph in 2008 but he fired a 63 to sit alongside Jens Fahrbring at 13 under.
The Swede is 174th in the Race to Dubai needing a top two finish to have a chance of keeping his card for next season, and he followed up his opening 65 with a 64.
American David Lipsky was then at 12 under after a 66, a shot clear of Frenchmen Raphaël Jacquelin and Edouard España, England's Paul Waring and Finn Mikko Korhonen.
 At 116th in the Race to Dubai, Korhonen is another player looking for a good weekend to keep his playing privileges.
Sullivan had said coming into the tournament that a cold putter was the only thing holding him back in recent weeks and while he putted with great confidence on Friday, some sensational iron play meant he was never out of range.
After turning in 31 he put shots to inside six feet on the tenth and 11th and then just missed an eagle putt on the 12th. A 15-footer on the 14th had his large travelling band of fans cheering and when he knocked it close on the 15th and took advantage of the par five 17th, he was ten under for the day.
"I knew I needed to go low today to get a beat on the leaders," he said. "So to go out there and shoot that score is absolutely fantastic. I had thoughts of 59 coming down the stretch there, but it wasn't to be. It's fantastic being on top of the leaderboard and giving myself a chance going into the weekend.

"The game's felt good for a long time. The putter's just been a bit cold and today I just holed a couple of good putts out there just to get the momentum going. It only takes a couple of putts to go in and you start seeing it go in all the time.
"More of the same for me. I know last year, I was aggressive the whole way around and I know I've got to be aggressive again."
Warren, starting on the tenth, turned in 33 with birdies on the 12th, 14th and 15th and when he made further gains on the second, third and sixth, he was nine under for the week on the opening six holes.
He recorded just his second bogey of the week with a five on the seventh for the second consecutive day but an impressive lengthy putt on the ninth handed him a sizeable advantage which the afternoon starters then went about reducing.
"I'm really pleased," he said. "It's always tough to follow up a really good score like yesterday. It was good, I tried to stay as patient as I possibly could out there and nice to finish with a three at the last.
"I had a good finish at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, I feel as if a bit of pressure has come off and I can look forward and try to qualify for some events at the end of the year. It's a much nicer place to be playing your golf, as opposed to looking backwards all the time."
Harrington recorded nine birdies and a bogey - highlighted by a bladed chip-in on the 11th and a 42-foot putt on the 16th - while Fahrbring made nine birdies and two bogeys.
English trio Simon Dyson, Chris Paisley and Callum Shinkwin, Scottish duo Ramsay (71-61 for 132) and Paul Lawrie (66-66 for 132), Spaniard Nacho Elvira, Swede Joakim Lagergren and South African Trevor Fisher Jnr completed the top ten.
Saturday's third round will begin at 11am in three-balls off two tees.
+A total of 77 players with 36-hole scores of four-under-par (138) and better qualified for the weekend rounds.
HALFWAY SCOREBOARD
 par 142 (2x71)

	T 1 Sullivan A.	-14	F	-10	67	61			128
	T1	Warren M.	-14	F	-6	63	65			128
	T3	Fahrbring J.	-13	F	-7	65	64			129
	T3	Harrington P.	-13	F	-8	66	63			129
	5	Lipsky D.	-12	F	-5	64	66			130
	T6	Espana E.	-11	17	-5	65	62			127
	T6	Jacquelin R.	-11	F	-6	66	65			131
	T6	Korhonen M.	-11	F	-4	64	67			131
	T6	Waring P.	-11	F	-7	67	64			131
	T10	Dyson S.	-10	F	-6	67	65			132
	T10	Elvira N.	-10	F	-4	65	67			132
	T10	Fisher T. Jr.	-10	F	-8	69	63			132
	T10	Lagergren J.	-10	F	-5	66	66			132
	T10	Lawrie Paul.	-10	F	-5	66	66			132
	T10	Paisley Ch.	-10	F	-4	65	67			132
	T10	Ramsay R.	-10	F	-10	71	61			132
	T10	Shinkwin C.	-10	F	-3	64	68			132
	T18	Baldwin M.	-9	F	-2	64	69			133
	T18	Campillo J.	-9	F	-7	69	64			133
	T18	Fisher O.	-9	F	-4	66	67			133
	T18	Hansen A.	-9	F	-5	67	66			133
	T18	Jamieson S.	-9	F	-7	69	64			133
	T18	Karlsson R.	-9	F	-9	71	62			133
	T18	Rock R.	-9	F	-5	67	66			133
	T18	Rumford B.	-9	F	-5	67	66			133
	T18	Walters J.	-9	F	-5	67	66			133
	T27	Bjerregaard L.	-8	F	-4	67	67			134
	T27	Carlsson J.	-8	F	-5	68	66			134
	T27	Coetzee G.	-8	F	-3	66	68			134
	T27	Drysdale D.	-8	F	-6	69	65			134
	T27	Gouveia R.	-8	F	-3	66	68			134
	T27	Meesawat P.	-8	F	-4	67	67			134
	T27	Noren A.	-8	F	-4	67	67			134
	T27	Scrivener J.	-8	F	-5	68	66			134
	T27	Siem M.	-8	F	-4	67	67			134
	T27	Storm G.	-8	F	-5	68	66			134
	T37	Aiken T.	-7	F	-3	67	68			135
	T37	Canizares A.	-7	F	-1	65	70			135
	T37	De La Riva E.	-7	F	-4	68	67			135
	T37	Fleetwood T.	-7	F	-3	67	68			135
	T37	Gallacher S.	-7	F	-3	67	68			135
	T37	Horsey D.	-7	F	-4	68	67			135
	T37	Southgate M.	-7	F	-4	68	67			135
	T44	Berardo C.	-6	F	-5	70	66			136
	T44	Dinwiddie R.	-6	F	-3	68	68			136
	T44	Hanson C.	-6	F	-3	68	68			136
	T44	Hanson P.	-6	F	-3	68	68			136
	T44	Hebert B.	-6	F	-5	70	66			136
	T44	Im D.	-6	F	-3	68	68			136
	T44	Jensen L.	-6	F	-1	66	70			136
	T44	Khan S.	-6	F	-4	69	67			136
	T44	Kieffer M.	-6	F	-3	68	68			136
	T44	Lewis T.	-6	F	-6	71	65			136
	T44	Linard T.	-6	F	-6	71	65			136
	T44	Lundberg M.	-6	F	-6	71	65			136
	T44	Olesen T.	-6	F	-4	69	67			136
	T57	Bertasio N.	-5	F	-3	69	68			137
	T57	Colsaerts N.	-5	F	-1	67	70			137
	T57	Edberg P.	-5	F	-4	70	67			137
	T57	Evans R.	-5	F	0	66	71			137
	T57	Fasth N.	-5	F	-3	69	68			137
	T57	Parry J.	-5	F	-3	69	68			137
	T57	Wall A.	-5	F	-3	69	68			137
	T57	Webster S.	-5	F	-4	70	67			137
	T65	Aguilar F.	-4	F	-4	71	67			138
	T65	Brooks D.	-4	F	-2	69	69			138
	T65	Ford M.	-4	F	-2	69	69			138
	T65	Fritsch F.	-4	F	-3	70	68			138
	T65	Hansen J.	-4	F	-1	68	70			138
	T65	Hugo J.	-4	F	-4	71	67			138
	T65	McEvoy R.	-4	F	-4	71	67			138
	T65	Nemecz L.	-4	F	-3	70	68			138
	T65	Paratore R.	-4	F	0	67	71			138
	T65	Peterson P.	-4	F	0	67	71			138
	T65	Pieters T.	-4	F	-2	69	69			138
	T65	Quiros A.	-4	F	-2	69	69			138
	T65	Yang Y. E.	-4	F	-3	70	68			138
	CUT	Laporta F.	-3	F	-5	73	66			139
	CUT	Lee C.	-3	F	-5	73	66			139
	CUT	Madsen M.	-3	F	-3	71	68			139
	CUT	Manley S.	-3	F	-4	72	67			139
	CUT	Quesne J.	-3	F	-1	69	70			139
	CUT	Virto B.	-3	F	-3	71	68			139
	CUT	Dunne P.	-2	F	-4	73	67			140
	CUT	Foster M.	-2	F	-2	71	69			140
	CUT	Havret G.	-2	F	-3	72	68			140
	CUT	Howell D.	-2	F	-1	70	70			140
	CUT	Larrazabal P.	-2	F	-2	71	69			140
	CUT	Manassero M.	-2	F	0	69	71			140
	CUT	Olazabal J. M.	-2	F	-4	73	67			140
	CUT	Oriol P.	-2	F	-5	74	66			140
	CUT	Pepperell E.	-2	F	+5	64	76			140
	CUT	Slattery L.	-2	F	-2	71	69			140
	CUT	Canter L.	-1	F	-2	72	69			141
	CUT	Morrison J.	-1	F	-1	71	70			141
	CUT	Boyd G.	0	F	0	71	71			142
	CUT	Broberg K.	0	F	+2	69	73			142
	CUT	Davies R.	0	F	0	71	71			142
	CUT	Gavins D.	0	F	+1	70	72			142
	CUT	Gros S.	0	F	+2	69	73			142
	CUT	Porteous H.	0	F	+1	70	72			142
	CUT	Stal G.	0	F	-1	72	70			142
	CUT	Wattel R.	0	F	-2	73	69			142
	CUT	Evans B.	+1	F	+6	66	77			143
	CUT	Figueiredo P.	+1	F	-1	73	70			143
	CUT	Kakko R.	+1	F	-3	75	68			143
	CUT	Robinson J.	+1	F	+3	69	74			143
	CUT	Carlsson M.	+2	F	+5	68	76			144
	CUT	Lencart Silva P.	+2	F	-1	74	70			144
	CUT	Otaegui A.	+2	F	-1	74	70			144
	CUT	Winther J.	+2	F	+2	71	73			144
	CUT	Carlota J.	+3	F	-1	75	70			145
	CUT	Green R.	+3	F	0	74	71			145
	CUT	McArthur A.	+3	F	+4	70	75			145
	CUT	McLeary J.	+3	F	-1	75	70			145
	CUT	Hoey M.	+4	F	+2	73	73			146
	RET	McGowan R.	+4	9	+1	74	37			111
	CUT	Molinari E.	+4	F	+3	72	74			146
	CUT	Ramos J.	+5	F	+6	70	77			147
	CUT	Dixon D.	+6	F	+5	72	76			148
	CUT	Wilson O.	+6	F	+1	76	72			148
	CUT	Akesson B.	+7	F	+6	72	77			149
	CUT	Busby J.	+8	F	+1	78	72			150
	CUT	Cruz T.	+9	F	+4	76	75			151
	CUT	Santos H.	+10	F	+8	73	79			152
	CUT	Silva T.	+11	F	+8	74	79			153

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