Marrakech (Morocco), Dec 19 (PTI) India's Pranavi Urs finished strongly to stay in contention for one of the coveted berths on the Ladies European Tour as she was tied-sixth after three rounds of the five-day Final Stage of the Qualifying School golf tournament here.

Pranavi, who was nine-under for two rounds, added a two-under 71 on the Par-73 Al Maaden Golf Course. She has now moved to 11-under for three days.

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Nataliya Guseva, who recently earned her LPGA berth, fired a round of 67 (-5) at Par-72 Royal Golf De Marrakech on day three to lead the Final Qualifier by two shots.

The 20-year-old produced rounds of 67 on the first two days of the tournament and continued her excellent form.

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Vani Kapoor (73-70-70) improved from T-37 to Tied-27th, while Neha Tripathi (75-67-72), who was T-25 dropped to T-34th and Amandeep Drall (75-70-70) improved from T-63 to T-39. All three played at the Par-72 Royal Golf De Marrakech.

Ridhima Dilawari (74-72-72) improved from T-77 to T-56, Avani Prashanth (76-71-72) also jumped from T-85 to T-65.

Tvesa Malik (74-70) slipped from T-51 to T-96, Jasmine Shekar (75-74-75) is T-107, Seher Atwal (77-73-78) is T-138, Sneha Singh (83-72-76) is T-142, Ananya Datar (80-79-76) is T-150 and Durga Nittur (80-81-76) is T-151.

Pranavi bogeyed second and the ninth and had a birdie in between on seventh as he turned in one-over. On the back nine, she birdied the 13th and finished birdie-birdie for a 71.

Vani birdied twice in the first three holes and then closed birdie-birdie for a round of 70 while Neha, who seemed to be going great, dropped an unfortunate double bogey on the 18th and from being inside Top-20 she dropped to T-34.

The Top-65 and ties will play the fifth and final round with Top-20 and ties getting a full card for 2024. The next 21-to 50 and ties get a lower status but enough starts in 2024.

Amateur Shannon Tan sits in second place on the leaderboard with a total of 14-under-par after she fired a round of 68 (-5) at Al Maaden Golf.

The Singapore golfer was a co-medallist at the Pre-Qualifier held at Noria Golf and picked up from where she left off last week.

Slovenia's Ana Belac is in outright third place on 13-under-par having carded a round of 70 (-3) at Al Maaden Golf.

Two players sit in a share of fourth place with Thailand's Aunchisa Utama and Mexico's Fernanda Lira both on 12-under-par.

Pranavi and Spain's Luna Sobron Galmes sit in a tie for the sixth place on 11-under-par with South Africa's Cara Gorlei in outright eighth place on nine-under-par.

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