Macau, Sep 11 - Gaganjeet Bhullar shot a superb two-under 69 under windy conditions to move into the top-10 and put himself in the race at the $500,000 Macau Open here Friday.

Bhullar, winner of the Indonesia Invitational earlier this year, is now two-under 140 in tied ninth place among those who had finished both rounds. He is five shots behind the clubhouse leader Chinese Taipei's Lin Wen-hong (67).

With darkness forcing an early suspension, 48 players were yet to finish their second round.

Of India's other challengers, Vikrant Chopra (73, 72) was in the tied 38th place and Rahil Gangjee (72, 74) was tied 46th. Himmat Rai (77, 75) was sure to miss the cut, which was likely at three-over.

Digvijay Singh and C Muniyappa, who had a 74 each in first round were yet to complete their second rounds. Muniyappa showed signs of moving up at three-under after 12 holes in second round, while Digvijay was even after 15. Anirban Lahiri (77) was in tight spot looking for a good second round card but was fighting back at one-under after 12 holes in second round.

'It is tough to play under windy conditions. The reason why I am at two-under is because I played in these conditions at the British Open and in Switzerland last week. There are two more days to go so you never know what's going to happen,' said Bhullar, who moved up from 36th overnight to ninth in the clubhouse. Seven players, who had not finished their second round, were ahead of him.

'The way the conditions are looking, the winning score should be around 10-under.