Saturday 11th February 2012

Korda holds lead in Australia

Korda holds lead in Australia

American Jessica Korda holds a one-stroke lead going into the final round of the Australian Women's Open.

Korda, whose father Petr won the Australian Open tennis in 1998, shot an even-par 73 which leaves her one shot ahead of Australian Nikki Campbell who finished with the best round of the day - a three-under par 70.

Korda said: "I felt like that (I had started well) at the start of the day but as things started going on and on, I started feeling shaky as the wind gusted towards the end of the day. I finished pretty strong and kept at level par.

"I saw a couple of leaderboards but honestly I was trying to work out everything.

"The wind was picking up and coming back down. I had to back off a lot of shots."

Fifteen players are within five strokes of the lead including overnight co-leader Ryu So-yeon and defending champion Yani Tseng at two-under par, just two strokes behind Korda.

American Brittany Linicome and Paraguay's Julieta Granada are both three strokes off top spot in a tie for eighth at 1-under par.

Stacy Lewis (USA) and England's Melissa Reid both found the conditions challenging, recording four-over-par 77s to slip into a tie for 10th.


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