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World number one opens up two-shot lead
Last updated: 3rd April 2011 
Tseng: Leading the way
Third round leaderboard
USA unless stated, par 72
-12 Yani Tseng (Tpe)
-10 Stacy Lewis
-8 Morgan Pressel
-6 Michelle Wie
-5 Angela Stanford
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Defending champion Yani Tseng soared to the top of the leaderboard after the third round of the Kraft Nabisco Championship.
The Taiwanese world number one leapfrogged American Stacy Lewis after a six-under-par 66 took her to 12-under overall, two shots clear of the chasing pack at Rancho Mirage, California.
Tseng, who is now within touching distance of her fourth major title, has improved by two shots per round, after starting her week with a 70 and adding a 68 on Friday.
The 22-year-old’s third round contained six birdies and no dropped shots and she looks in ominous touch heading into the final round.
Faded
Lewis, who shared the first-round lead and then led by three after 36 holes, fell back to second place on 10-under after signing for a 71.
Her fellow American Morgan Pressel inched up two places to third after a round of 69 left her eight-under.
Michelle Wie shot the same score and stands fourth going into the final round on six-under, one ahead of Angela Stanford.
Brittany Lincicome’s challenge faded as she posted a 74 and dropped from a tie for second into a tie for sixth on four-under, alongside Japan’s Mika Miyazato and Chie Arimura.
England’s Karen Stupples and Sweden’s Sophie Gustafson head the European challenge but at two-under in a share of 10th place they are playing for places and pride rather than the trophy. Stupples carded a 71 in her third round; Gustafson had a 74.
They were joined on two-under by Jane Park, who was alongside Tseng and Lincicome at the start of play but had a disappointing 76.
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