Perth, Australia: India’s Shiv Kapur is ready to surmount a quick comeback after struggling to a one-over-par 73 at second round of the ISPS Handa Perth International on Friday.

Having started the day tied for second, Kapur cut a frustrated figure in his front-nine where he was staring at an outward 40 at the turn.

He started well with a birdie on the second hole but dropped five shots starting from the sixth hole to the ninth with three bogeys and one double-bogey.

“It was not great. I started off pretty steady and gave myself a lot of chances. But I let it slip towards the end of the front nine, which is quite disappointing.

“I hit two bad shots, made a double and two bogeys in a hurry,” said Kapur.

The Indian managed to regain his composure and got back into the game with three birdies in his inward-nine to end the day tied for eighth place, six shots behind leaders Peter Uihlein and Brett Rumford.

“When I made the turn, I said, you still can fight back. I felt I was playing good and I knew I could bounce back.

“It's nice to fight back and have a little bit of a better t