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 Former world number one Westwood, tied for the lead overnight
with Ryder Cup team mate Graeme McDowell, produced a 67 in his
second round in the $3 million event at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and
Country Club that is co-sanctioned by the European and Asian tours.
The Englishman, who also won the event in 1997, mixed six birdies
with a lone bogey in his second round to open up a three-shot lead
at one point, but a strong finish from Canizares for the lowest
score this week left him equal on 11-under.
"I played nicely again," Westwood said. "It was pretty solid again
and I probably only hit one poor shot all day, from the middle of
the fairway on the fifth hole - I was going in with a five iron and
blocked it right into the water.
 "Other than that it was very good, and I felt very comfortable out
there. I hit a lot of fairways and some good iron shots and made
some nice putts.
"It was great to birdie two of the last three and go from one in
front to three in front."
The duo were three strokes ahead of Austrian Bernd Wiesberger (66)
in third on eight-under, with England's Paul Waring (68) and
Ireland's Peter Lawrie (66) a stroke further back in fourth.
Canizares came to Malaysia riding some good form having already
finished 12th in Abu Dhabi and eighth in Qatar this year, and he
will hope to finish even higher this week.
"It was a lot of fun and I played really well," the 32-year-old
said. "I wasn't so good off the tee today, but I putted really well.
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"I made some great up-and-downs when I missed a shot, and I'm very
happy overall. I can't wait for the weekend - it will be a lot of
fun.
"It's a great position to be in and I couldn't ask for any better.
Hopefully I can keep it going."
McDowell's round was spoiled by a bogey and a double-bogey on the
11th and 12th holes and he finished on 73, for a two-day total of
five-under and eighth place.
(Writing by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; editing by Stephen Wood)
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