Ladies European Tour: Georgia Hall goes five clear after Saudi Ladies International third round

England's Georgia Hall will take a five-shot lead into the final round of the Aramco Saudi Ladies International.

The 25-year-old, who started the third round level with Kristyna Napoleaova of the Czech Republic at the top of the leaderboard, pulled clear of the field with a four-under 68 at Royal Greens Golf and Country Club to move to 10 under.

Hall took command early on with birdies at the third and fifth - as Napoleaova dropped shots at the second and fourth - before making her only bogey of the day at the sixth.

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She recovered quickly from that by rolling in a 20-foot birdie putt at the seventh and added another gain at the ninth before drilling her tee shot to 10 feet at the par-three 11th for her fifth and final birdie of the day, with seven pars completing her round.

"It was probably the best long game performance I've had so far. I was pretty steady out there," Hall said. "Not a lot went wrong. I could have holed a few more putts, but it was a decent day. I hope to do the same thing tomorrow. To just go out there and hit one shot at a time, enjoy it and see what happens."

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AIG Women's Open champion Anna Nordqvist heads the chasing pack on five under following a 69, with her fellow Swede Johanna Gustavsson, whose 67 was the round of the day, sharing third place with Napoleaova one further back.

"There's a lot of good players up there," Nordqvist said. "Georgia [Hall] is obviously in a great position and she's going to be a tough player to beat in conditions like this. I'm going to put my best foot forward and try to finish the best I can."

Napoleaova was five over for the day after 12 holes, but finished strongly with a birdie at the 13th and then back-to-back gains at the last two holes for a 74.

Anne van Dam of the Netherlands was just two off the pace in third overnight but a 73 left her joint-fifth on three under with Australian Stephanie Kyriacou (72).

Watch the final round of the Aramco Saudi Ladies International on Sunday live on Sky Sports. Live coverage continues from 10am on Sky Sports Mix and - for free - on the Sky Sports Golf YouTube channel.

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