He has a three shot advantage over Scott Jamieson, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano and Peter Hanson, who is one of three European Ryder Cup players in the field.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Sweden's Peter Hanson and Jose-Filipe Lima of Portugal were alongside the English trio one shot off Cevaer's lead.

BBC: SPORT | Golf | Cevaer holds slim lead in Beijing

Peter Leven should have made it three when he collected David Fernandez's flick six yards out but could only poke the ball weakly at Gordon.

BBC: Hearts 0-2 Kilmarnock