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UBS HONG KONG OPEN


October 24, 2015


Anirban Lahiri


Fanling, Hong Kong

Q. What are your thoughts on the way you played today, particularly the back nine when you got it going?
ANIRBAN LAHIRI: It was good. I think on the front nine, I was not very focused I think just to start. Just calmed down a little bit. By the eighth, ninth home I started hitting it a little more solid. Got up-and-down a couple times when I missed. It was good to get birdies on 10 and 11. Kind of got me in the right zone mentally. I was just focusing on giving myself opportunities, and it was good.

Q. Not like you to be unfocused, is it?
ANIRBAN LAHIRI: Maybe a bit too much coffee in the morning.

Q. What was it, other things just going on in your mind rather than concentrating?
ANIRBAN LAHIRI: No, no, no, not that. Obviously I'm giving it 100 percent. I'm focusing on what I need to do. But sometimes it's important just to quiet your mind down. I was glad that I was able to do that, and I got a way without much damage when I wasn't 100 per cent calm and focused like I should be.

But it's good that it came back at the right time. I needed to start making a run because everybody is playing good today.

Q. Were you conscious of the top two, for instance, pulling away?
ANIRBAN LAHIRI: I saw that. You want to get as close as possible, because if it gets into a match-play position, then they can play totally differently and separate themselves from the field, which has probably already happened.

But hopefully I can play some good golf, play 18 holes tomorrow like I did on the back nine and maybe have a sniff.

Q. Presumably you can draw on other occasions this season. You've really shot low on occasion, haven't you?
ANIRBAN LAHIRI: Yeah, I've been playing great and I've been hitting it really good. That back nine today was evidence of that.

Definitely putted a lot better today than the first two days, so I'm just going to keep working on that, hopefully drain a few more tomorrow.

Q. And an awful lot more to be thankful for, considering where you were this time last year.
ANIRBAN LAHIRI: Yeah, it's a great spot. Obviously it's nice to be playing well, especially in this second half of the year, because there's a lot of big events, lots of World Ranking points at stake, so you can really make a move, and that's what I'm trying to do.

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