Gwladys Nocera Photo credit TPlassais / swing-feminin

Leader the first two laps, it was at the start of the 16th that the French driver finished his race in a bunker, then hit a tree, she ended up conceding an expensive double bogey.
With a card of 71, one stroke under par, Gwladys Nocera must for the moment be content with third place two strokes away from the new leaders, composed of the South Korean Hye In Yeon and the Thai Kusuma Meechai (-12 ).
With only two strokes behind two young girls (23 and 20 years old respectively) playing on the Chinese circuit, the Frenchwoman remains in contention for a 15th victory this Sunday at the Xiamen International Ladies Open.

For the other two French women in the cut, Alexandra Vilatte signs a good card of 68 (-4) to climb back to 13th position at -5. Isabelle Boineau played 71 (-1) and is 47th in par.

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round 3 scores:

204 - Hye In Yeom (KOR) 71 68 65, Kusuma Meechai (THA) 68 69 67

206 - Gwladys Nocera (FRA) 67 68 71

207 - Stacey Keating (AUS) 70 68 69, Jing Yan (CHN) 70 65 72

209 - Tzu-Chi Lin (TPE) 72 69 68, Nanna Koerstz Madsen (DEN) 71 72 66, Ssu-Chia Cheng (TPE) 72 73 64, Beth Allen (USA) 71 69 69

210 - Hannah Burke (ENG) 69 69 72, Pei-Yun Chien (TPE) 71 67 72, Liz Young (ENG) 70 68 72

211 - Alexandra Vilatte (FRA) 70 73 68, Panpan Yan (CHN) 71 72 68, Ai-Chen Kuo (TPE) 71 68 72, Wei Wei Zhang (CHN) 72 67 72, Szu-Han Chen (TPE) 71 72 68

212 - Nicole Broch Larsen (DEN) 70 72 70, Yan-Hong Pan (CHN) 71 72 69, Nontaya Srisawang (THA) 73 69 70

213 - Li Ying Ye (CHN) 71 70 72, Xiang Sui (CHN) 69 74 70, Thidapa Suwannapura (THA) 70 73 70, Nicole Garcia (RSA) 71 71 71

214 - Sarah Kemp (AUS) 75 69 70, Ashleigh Simon (RSA) 75 70 69, Becky Brewerton (WAL) 72 70 72, Nina Holleder (GER) 73 72 69, Louise Stahle (SWE) 71 74 69, Yuting Shi ( CHN) 69 74 71, Fabienne In-albon (SWI) 73 70 71, Ursula Wikstrom (FIN) 73 69 72, JiaYi Zhou (CHN) 71 73 70, Caroline Hedwall (SWE) 75 69 70, Yu-Ling Hsieh (TPE ) 73 71 70, Whitney Hillier (AUS) 77 68 69

215 - Cuixia Chen (CHN) 77 67 71, Hsuan-Ping Chang (TPE) 70 70 75, Punpaka Phuntumabamrung (THA) 70 71 74, Isabella Ramsay (SWE) 74 71 70, Saraporn Chamchoi (THA) 72 69 74, Emily Kristine Pedersen (DEN) 75 70 70, Tanaporn Kongkiatkrai (THA) 68 75 72, Connie Chen (RSA) 73 71 71, Man Jin (CHN) 70 71 74, Pamela Pretswell (SCO) 69 73 73

216 - Paula Hurtado (COL) 73 72 71, Minea Blomqvist (FIN) 73 69 74, Titiya Plucksataporn (THA) 72 73 71, Eleanor Givens (ENG) 72 72 72, Isabelle Boineau (FRA) 73 72 71, So-Young Jang (KOR) 72 72 72

217 - Liqing Chen (CHN) 72 73 72, Patricia Sanz Barrio (ESP) 70 75 72, Lina Boqvist (SWE) 74 70 73, Daisy Nielsen (DEN) 69 74 74

218 - Yan Liu (CHN) 69 73 76, Dan Li (CHN) 73 72 73, Rebecca Hudson (ENG) 73 71 74, Sha Wu (CHN) 72 73 73, Ploychompoo Wirairungrueng (THA) 75 70 73, Georgina Simpson ( ENG) 76 68 74, Caroline Martens (NOR) 72 72 74

219 - Bo Bea Kim (KOR) 70 72 77

221 - Yeon Mi Choi (KOR) 68 72 81

222 - Pei-Lin Yu (TPE) 72 71 79