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Former world under-10 champion P Harikrishna of Andhra Pradesh and R Navin of Tamil Nadu were jointly in the second position with 6.5 points.

In the girls8217; under-14, Shradha Samani of Maharashtra and C Delphin TN were jointly in lead with 6.5 points while Bengal8217;s Vaisakhi Das and Tamil Nadu8217;s P Aparna Krishnan were in the second position with six points each.

Nine shortlisted

CHENNAI: Nine amateur golfers, including three juniors, have been shortlisted for selection to represent India in the Asia Pacific Amateur golf championsip for the Nomura Cup scheduled to be held at Lahore from October 7-10.

Delhi8217;s junior golfers Shiv Kapur, Ashok Kumar and Tamil Nadu8217;s Sandeep Sayal are to vie for the berth in the final team along with six seniors Sheeraz Kalra Lucknow, Amit Luthra, Aman Bahl,Manov Das all from Delhi, Rahul Ganapathi Mysore and Amesh Jaita Pune.

Two-way fight

BANGALORE: Mukesh Kumar 210 and Rafiq Ali 211 are likely to set up a final day title clash in the Rs 6 lakh Wills Open, an event which is part of the silver jubilee celebrations of the Karnataka Golf Course KGA.

On the penultimate day, Mukesh carded one under 71, with an aggregate of 210, followed by Rafiq Ali8217;s two under-211.

Ali sher is placed third at two-over 217 for the third day.