Camille Chevalier, champion of the Hero Women's Open last week, has received hundreds of messages from supporters after her first victory at DLF Golf and Country Club on Sunday, but she does not intend to read them until she returns to France.

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The 23-year-old LET Aix-en-Provence rookie is determined to stay in shape throughout the Sanya Ladies Open, which begins Friday at the Yalong Bay Golf Club in Sanya, Hainan Island.

“Since I won in India I can play in Dubai and next year I will play at the Evian Championship, so I'm happy She said.

“I'll have time to party when I get home next week. For now, I'm going to focus on this tournament and do the same thing as last week: focus on every shot. "

This is Camille's first visit to China and she is enjoying her stay in Sanya on Hainan Island, known as 'Chinese Hawaii'.

“I think China is really cool and I love the beautiful nature here, as well as in India, because it is very different from European nature, with different flowers, green mountains and pristine vegetation, as well as sand beaches. I don't know the course well yet, but it's well maintained and I can't wait to play and place my shots wisely, which I did well last week. "

It will be the eighth Sanya Ladies Open in a row at the Yalong Bay Golf Club, which is hosting its 18th professional golf tournament in total.

As Camille plays for the first time in this tournament, her opponent rising star Simin Feng is playing in her third Sanya Ladies Open.

The 22-year-old player from Beijing recorded her best performance in 2015, finishing tied for 31st. She said: “It's like China's paradise and a great tourist destination. This year we bought a house on the island so I really appreciate my time here. My goal is to play as well as possible. This is my last event of the year so I'm going to put on everything I have. I have been doing mental training so I try to be more aggressive and more decisive with my shots. "

Camille and Simin joined other tournament guests Victoria Lovelady, Emma Nilsson and Valdis Thora Jonsdottir for a photoshoot at the Ritz Carlton Sanya Tuesday before the tournament, which attracted 126 competitors from 27 different countries and is tri-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour, the China Golf Association and the Ladies Asian Golf Tour.

See departures for laps 1 & 2