Korda leads Women's Open from Hull after round two

Women's Open second-round leaderboard

-8 N Korda (US); -5 C Hull (Eng), L Vu (US); -4 R Yin (Chn); -3 M Saigo (Jpn), C Alexander (SA), P-Y Chien (Tpe), A Buhai (SA), L Ko (NZ), L Rydqvist (Swe*)

Selected others: -2 L Woad (Eng*); -1 G Hall (Eng); E ; +1 L Maguire (Ire); +2 L Humphreys; +3 G Cowley (Eng); +7 C Matthew (Sco)

*denotes amateur

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Nelly Korda has a three-shot lead aft a blemish-free 68 successful nan 2nd information of nan Women's Open astatine St Andrews.

The American is eight-under for nan week pinch England's Charley Hull - who led aft information one - and defending champion Lilia Vu, besides of nan US, her closest challengers.

After birdies astatine 5 and nine, two-time awesome victor Korda besides sunk agelong putts for gains connected nan 17th and 18th holes.

"I didn't return advantage of nan calmer conditions connected my beforehand 9 [the backmost nine]. But I played immoderate really coagulated golf, and I'm happy pinch that," Korda said.

Meanwhile, Hull, who is seeking her first awesome title, followed up her 67 successful information 1 pinch a level-par 72.

Runner-up successful some nan Women's Open and Women's US Open past year, Hull bogeyed nan 2nd but 3 birdies successful 5 holes going into nan move took her to seven-under.

However, dropped shots astatine 10 and 14 time off her pinch activity to do going into nan weekend.

"I really thought I deed it conscionable arsenic bully arsenic yesterday, I conscionable missed 3 aliases 4 four-foot putts, but that was early connected successful my round," said Hull.

"I'm only 3 shots behind. That's thing going into nan weekend, particularly connected this play course."

Vu was two-under for nan round, pinch 3 birdies and a solitary bogey connected nan 17th.

China's Ruoning Yin birdied nan past to separator up of a six-strong group connected three-under and is fourth, 4 strokes disconnected nan lead.

Among nan group tied for 5th connected three-under is amateur Louise Rydqvist of Sweden, who produced 1 of nan rounds of nan day.

The 23-year-old deed 5 birdies, including 3 connected nan backmost nine, to surge up nan leaderboard pinch a superb 67.

English amateur Lottie Woad remains wrong striking region of nan leaders connected two-under, tied for 11th, aft making 4 birdies successful a 2nd information of 70.

Her compatriot Georgia Hall is simply a further changeable backmost connected one-under.