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HAINAN, China -- Jessica Korda caught Minjee Lee on Saturday in the Blue Bay LPGA while Ariya Jutanugarn made up even more ground to move into contention for her sixth victory of the season.Korda shot a 6-under 66 at Jian Lake to make up seven strokes on Lee for a share of the lead, and Jutanugarn had a 65 to cut her deficit from eight to two shots and get in the final group Sunday.In hot and mostly calm conditions four days after Typhoon Sarika hit the South China Sea beach resort, Korda had five birdies in a six-hole stretch and got up-and-down for another on the par-5 18th.I missed a lot of birdie opportunities at the beginning, and I was just saying in my head, Stay patient and Stay positive, the 23-year-old American said. Yesterday, I was 4 over through seven and then battled back to shoot even par. I was really proud of myself to keep myself in it. I just knew that I can make birdies out here.Lee had a 73, also getting up-and-down for birdie on No. 18 to match Korda at 11-under 205. The 20-year-old Australian began the day six strokes ahead of Germanys Caroline Masson after shooting 65-67 the first two rounds.It wasnt that windy today, so I guess you could be a bit more aggressive at the pins, Lee said. I wasnt striking it that well, so I think I just got by making up-and-down.The second-ranked Jutanugarn had the best round of the day on a course with difficult to hit valleys and plateaus on the large greens.This course, you have to be really patient, Jutanugarn said. I just be like waiting for birdies, not really rushing trying to make birdies. Just trying to have fun.The 20-year-old Thai star leads the tour in victories and tops the player of the year points race.Korda hit an 8-iron to 6 inches on the 141-yard seventh to start the birdie spree.I actually thought it was going to go in, said Korda, set to defend the last of her four LPGA Tour titles next week in Malaysia.The 5-foot-11 Floridian made a 20-footer from the fringe on the par-5 eighth, hit to 3 feet on the par-4 ninth, got within 5 feet on the par-3 11th and made a 25-footer on the difficult par-4 12th after holding the green with a mid-iron.You have to land it perfectly at the top to have any shot at that pin staying on the back of the green, Korda said. Its really wet back there, so you dont want to have to chip up. Its not an easy chip. I was just really happy to be on the green, to be honest with you, and have some type of putt at it.Korda has played 20 holes without a bogey. She made a key 6-foot par save on the par-4 sixth.Making par on six was important, Korda said. Its a really tough pin today. Its almost impossible to get close to.Lee got on the wrong side of the ridges on Nos. 11 and 12, three-putting for bogeys -- after Korda birdied both in the group ahead -- to drop into a tie.I think the girls did pretty well considering where the pins were today, said Lee, the winner last year at Kingsmill and in April in Hawaii.Masson (71) was 7 under, and Thailands Pornanong Phatlum (69) was 6 under.Michelle Wie (71) was tied for seventh at 3 under. She has only one top-25 finish this year, a tie for 25th in February in the second event of the season, and needed a sponsor exemption to get in the event.Brooke Henderson (70) was another stroke back. The 19-year-old Canadian birdied three of last five holes. She is playing for the fourth straight week in Asia and plans to make it six in a row.Spains Carlota Ciganda (75) also was 2 under. She won her first LPGA Tour title last week in South Korea.DIVOTS: Korda will be joined on the tour next year by teen sister Nelly, who finished ninth on the Symetra Tour money list to earn a tour card. Their parents are former tennis players, with father Petr winning the 1998 Australian Open. ... Defending champion Sei Young Kim (77) was 4 over. The South Korean player won last year in wind and rain without shooting in the 60s. Custom Lightning Jersey China . Thats about all he can do right now, so hes trying not to think about when he might be able to play again for the Los Angeles Lakers. Custom Vincent Lecavalier Jersey . Ryan Garbutt had a goal and two assists as Dallas snapped a six-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night. http://www.customlightningjersey.com/ .S District Court against Major League Baseball, the Office of the Commissioner and his own union, the MLBPA. Lightning Jerseys China . 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Vernon Philander would still have found seam movement either way, Australia would still have lost. So South Africa see the charges as taking the shine off a deserved win and an attempt to diminish their success.Hashim Amla said as much when he called the episode sour sweets in an extraordinary press conference at the MCG. Amla was accompanied by every member of the touring party, who stood with him as he delivered the South African response to a charge that, at that stage, had not even been laid. Amla said he was not aware that the ICC was reviewing the footage, and used strong words to dismiss the allegation. Words like joke and ridiculous, which came in response to similarly harsh words in the Australian media.When the footage of du Plessis was first released on Wednesday, newspapers carrying the story described du Plessis as a confessed ball-tamperer and the team as notorious for their working of the ball. Every major publication carried several stories on it, and it received substantial airtime on television. South Africa are not used to that sort of coverage: the media landscape is much smaller back home, and much softer in India - the other place where they are confronted with mass reportage.They are understood to be seeing it as their fight against the Australian fourth estate, without whose intervention this would not have come to light. Not even the match officials knew that du Plessis was shining the ball with saliva that had also allegedly been in contact with a mint. When it came to their attention via the media, the 18-hour window for them to report it had lapsed but Cricket Australia could still have laid a complaint. The board did not, and made clear it had no intention to do so. Instead, the ICC chose to review the footage of its own volition and chief executive David Richardson has since laid the charge. Given that course of events, one can see why South Africa feel theyve been unfairly treated.This is not the first time that South African players being caught on camera has spun into a controversy beyond the actual incident. When Philander was fined for ball-tampering in Sri Lanka in 20014, Ten Sports had visuals of him scratching the ball and picking the seam on the third day, and alerted the match referee, Jeff Crowe.dddddddddddd Philander was subsequently charged and fined 75% of his match fee. The pictures were not aired publicly until the fifth day and insiders said Cricket South Africa had put pressure on Ten Sports not to broadcast the visuals. When Sri Lanka Cricket found out, it made its own demands to air the footage.A year before that, Ten Sports caught du Plessis rubbing the ball near the zipper on his trouser pocket in the UAE, in a match against Pakistan. The television umpire alerted on-field officials, who awarded penalty runs against South Africa, and du Plessis was later fined. CSA was furious with Ten Sports at the time and threatened their rights and access.On both those occasions, the player involved did not contest the charge and accepted the punishment, although in 2013, du Plessis insisted he did not act with intent. That seems likely to be the defence this time as well, except that du Plessis is contesting the charge and will need legal representation for a hearing. South Africa are in conversation with their counsel and will begin preparing a case.Arguing that they are the victims of a media war is not going to work. The law on using an artificial substance to shine the ball is clear: its not allowed. Even though, as Amla pointed out, players walk out onto the field having consumed any number of things, and its an open secret that the tactic does get used (Marcus Trecothick wrote as much in his autobiography), using the everybody does it defence is also unlikely to earn South Africa any advantage.Exactly how they will get themselves out of this with reputations unscathed remains to be seen, but for now there is some space to understand why theyre feeling a little hard done by. They have already had to deal with racist graffiti aimed at Amla on the fence inside Bellerive Oval, and a public outcry from home when Ian Chappell, on commentary, responding to Ian Healys questions about how Kagiso Rabada developed his pace, said: Youd have to ask all the batsmen in his village. The word village was the one people took issue with. Rabada is from a privileged city background in Johannesburg, and the stereotyping left a bitter taste in South African mouths.Now Australian mints could do the same in another reminder that a tour here is never only fought on the field. Thats part of what makes it so challenging. It is also part of what makes winning here so sweet. ' ' '