Martin Kaymer joined Alejandro Canizares on 9 below par after the third spherical of the Austrian Open to share the lead as each gamers search their first European Tour title since 2014.
Two-time main champion Kaymer carded a 69 on Saturday to make up his one-stroke deficit on the Spaniard, who has led for the reason that opening day.
Maximilian Kieffer had a 68 and was one stroke again in third, adopted by John Catlin (71), who went 7 below. Former winner Joost Luiten (69) was a part of a gaggle of three at 6 below.
“Mentally I am actually enthusiastic about tomorrow,” Kaymer stated. “It does not actually matter what occurs tomorrow, should you win or not, it is good to be in that place to have a chance to win a golf match.”
Kaymer has been after his 12th tour title since profitable the U.S. Open seven years in the past.
Canizares gained the final of his two titles on the Trophée Hassan II in Morocco in 2014 and needed to struggle his method by means of the final two qualifying colleges.
The Spaniard carded two double-bogeys on Saturday, on the par-four seventh and 10th, however gained 4 straight strokes from Nos. Three-6. Kaymer dropped two strokes on the again 9 and had 5 birdies.
Nicolai von Dellingshausen had eight birdies and dropped only one stroke for a 65, one of the best spherical of the match thus far. The German climbed to eighth, 4 strokes off the lead.
The occasion on the Diamond Nation membership, close to Vienna, is the primary European Tour occasion in 2021 happening on the continent.