MIYAZAKI (JAPAN), May 14: Zara Anand continued to be the best Indian on show after two rounds of the 45th Queen Sirikit Cup, shooting 1-under 71 on Wednesday to be tied-10th in the individual event here on Wednesday.
Mannat Brar, who shot 2-under 70, had the best second round among the three Indians competing in the tournament.
Zara (73-71) moved from T-12 to T-10 with a two-day aggregate of even-par 144, while Mannat (77-70) rose from T-25 to T-15.
The third Indian, Heena Kang (76-76) is placed tied 28th.
As a team, the Indians are lying fifth, two places up from the first round.
South Korea’s Oh Soo-min is leading the individual field at the halfway stage with an aggregate of 8-under 136.
Oh, the defending individual champion and the tournament’s top-ranked player, followed her opening round of 69 with a sparkling five-under-par 67, and is leading her nearest opponents by four strokes.
Japan’s Aira Nagasawa (69-71) and South Korea’s Min Seo Jung (74-66) are tied second at 4-under 140.
In the team event in which the best two daily scores of each of the 13 three-player teams are counted, South Korea posted a formidable second-round aggregate of 11-under 133.
With a 36-hole total of 16-under 272, the Koreans will take a six-stroke lead from overnight pace-setters Japan into Thursday’s penultimate round. (PTI)
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