winner Europe raced back into contention in the Royal Trophy after dominating Saturday's fourballs matches to snatch a 4-1/2 to 3-1/2 lead over defending champions Asia. Rebounding after a sluggish start on the opening day, the Europeans, led by Ryder Cup stalwart Colin Montgomerie, soared ahead with wins in three of their four matches to seize the initiative and take a one-point cushion into Sunday's singles. The revival was led by Montgomerie and Simon Dyson and Robert Karlsson and Alexander Noren, who overpowered their opponents to put Europe in command and put a dent in Asia's hopes of retaining the title. The Scot combined with Dyson to take an early lead on the third hole, which they held throughout to finish 4&3 over Indian pair Jeev Milkha Singh and Gaganjeet Bhullar, who were winless for a second successive day. Japanese duo Ryo Ishikawa and Koumei Oda, winners on day one, were never given a chance against Karlsson and Noren, who turned in the most polished performance of the day and were a staggering 10 under par for their 14 holes at the Amata Spring Country Club to end 5&4. But for a few brief fightbacks midway through the round, Asia was never in contention, with only Charlie Wi and Liang Wenchong keeping them in the competition, making amends for their foursomes defeat to restrict the European lead to one point. With South Korean Wi showing good form, the Asians moved ahead of Soren Kjeldsen and Peter Hanson on the fourth hole and stretched their advantage to six strokes before finishing 5&4 at the 17th. Thais Prayad Marksaeng and Thongchai Jaidee put up a good fight in front of a massive home following but failed to maintain their unbeaten Royal Trophy run as a pairing, finishing 3&1 in a close final match with Henrik Stenson and Pablo Martin. Glover stretches lead In Hawaii, US Open champion Lucas Glover tightened his grip on the SBS Championship Friday when three birdies in the last six holes put him three strokes clear after the second round. On another surprisingly benign day on the spectacular Maui coastline, Glover fired a sizzling eight-under-par 65 to maintain a red-hot pace in the PGA Tour's season-opening event. After eagling the par-five ninth to reach the turn in four-under 32, the long-hitting American picked up further shots at the 10th, 13th, 14th and 16th for a 15-under total of 131. Glover ended up just two shy of matching the tournament record for the first 36 holes, South African Ernie Els having set an aggregate of 17-under 129 on his way to victory in 2003. Fellow American John Rollins, helped by a monster eagle putt from 55 feet at the 15th, carded a 66 to lie second, one ahead of compatriots Sean O'Hair (67) and Matt Kuchar (68), Australian Geoff Ogilvy (66) and Britain's Martin Laird (68). Masters champion Angel Cabrera of Argentina was a further shot back at 10 under after returning a six
