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ASHLEY CHESTERS held the lead after day two of the weather-affected Porsche European Open in Hamburg.

Chesters and fellow Englishman Jordan Smith were tied at the top of the leaderboard on eight under par when a second heavy downpour of the day forced play to be halted.

When play resumed, Smith bogeyed his final hole of the day, the ninth, and Chesters picked up a shot at the eighth on his way to 67.

It gave Chesters a nine-under-par halfway total and one-shot lead over Siddikur Rahman, with Smith a shot further back after his own 67. Chesters, 27, (above) smiled: “Leading is such a new experience for me, totally new.”