Vani Kapoor fought again nicely on the again 9 to return an even-par 71 within the second spherical and be positioned tied-Twenty ninth on the Lacoste Women Open de France right here.
Vani, who has been having a modest season on the Women European Tour (LET), made the lower comfortably with yet another spherical to go.
Amandeep Drall (71-76), the opposite Indian within the fray, missed the lower, which fell at 2-over.
Chasing her maiden LET title, Johanna Gustavsson of Sweden shot a five-under-par 66 on Friday to take a slender one-stroke lead over fellow Swede Mia Folke, with a spherical left.
The 30-year-old has a 10-under-par whole heading into the ultimate spherical of the 54-hole match at Golf Barrière in Deauville.
Vani opened with a bogey, which was compensated for by a birdie on the second. She had back-to-back bogeys on the fifth and sixth and turned in 1-over. Vani then dropped yet one more shot on the tenth to go 3-over for the day earlier than she discovered three birdies on the twelfth, thirteenth and sixteenth to get again to even par for the spherical.
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Gustavsson opened with 4 birdies on the again 9. She bogeyed the uphill par-4 first gap, her tenth, however bounced again with a birdie. She then sank a 25-foot putt to get into double figures and take a one-stroke lead over Folke, who’s second, whereas England’s Meghan MacLaren is one other stroke again in third.
Gustavsson, who earned two wins on the LET Entry Sequence in 2015 and 2018, has completed second 4 instances in 128 earlier occasions over eight years on the LET. Folke, who recorded a career-best end of tied-second within the Joburg Women Open in March, additionally shot a second spherical of 66.
MacLaren, who completed second after shedding a playoff on this occasion final yr, carded a bogey-free 68.
Finland’s Ursula Wikstrom and Laura Fuenfstueck of Germany are tied for fourth on seven beneath par, with Austrian Emma Spitz in sixth.
World No.5 Celine Boutier from France shot a two-under-par 69 to be tied 18th.