Q. Really well played today. Can you summarize your second round?
REDA EL HALI: Yeah, it was a hard round. Yeah, like at the end, like in the back nine hole I see like the cut was like 2-under and I was 4-under, and then when I made bogey he was close to the cut.
Yeah, I don't make any bogey again and, yeah, I got it.
Q. How does it feel to have made the cut and go into the weekend?
REDA EL HALI: It's like -- it's good for me because I want to make the cut and play with the good players like in these two days. Then, yeah, maybe I can do better.
Q. And Adam Bresnu, also an amateur, made the cut. Is it nice to have your countryman going into the weekend with you?
REDA EL HALI: Yeah, I'm very proud of Adam Bresnu. He's a good player, too. We was in the same college in USA, and then, yeah, enjoy together. He's a good player, too build.
Q. What's the mindset going into the weekend?
REDA EL HALI: Like the mindset?
Q. Yeah, how do you feel? What are your goals?
REDA EL HALI: So my goals this weekend, it's to make the cut and I did it. And then, yeah, I was talking with my coach about the strategy of the course and we did the good strategy. I did it, and I was feeling like hitting the ball like I'm relaxing when I'm hitting the ball.
So it's just I was like thinking about to have like more opportunities for birdie, and, yeah, I got it. Even I didn't make a lot of putts, but it's fine.
Q. Just lastly, how has your experience of the week been so far?
REDA EL HALI: So was a good experience for me like to see good players here, and then even in the hotel I just go to the gym to see how they work, how they practice, like everything for me, it's good to get the experience.
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