Bhullar starts well but slips later to lie T-53rd in Dubai Classic golf

India's Gaganjeet Bhullar began with a flourish but faltered later and ended with two-over 74 to slip to tied-53rd after 54 holes in the Omega Dubai Desert Classic golf tournament here on Saturday.

Bhullar is two-over 218 while Shubhankar Sharma missed the halfway cut on Friday.

China's Wu Ashun landed an eagle two on the Par-4 first hole and did not take his foot off the pedal. Despite a late bogey Wu shot 67 and moved into sole lead at 11-under.

At one stage he was four clear of the field before Victor Perez birdied four times in a row from 10th to 13th and added two more on 17 and 18 for six-under 31 on back nine for his 67.

He moved to 10-under and was within one shot of Wu.

Bhullar began with birdies on first and second and then hung in with six pars and one bogey on the front nine. Not only did the birdies dry up on the back nine, he also dropped shots on 12, 14 and 16 for a 74.

The in-form and consistent Frenchman Perez, who in his last four starts has two runner-up finishes at