Golf: Pablo Larrazabal held the clubhouse lead at the end of the third day of the Avantha Masters DLF Golf and Country Club in New Delhi. While fog continued to dog the tournament with another 90 minutes' play lost on Saturday morning, Larrazabal fired a six-under-par 66 to take the third-round clubhouse lead.
Spaniard Larrazabal fired four birdies in five holes before dropping a shot at the 12th but he regained the shot at 14th and finished with a flourish as he reached 11 under par in the Indian capital thanks to an eagle at the par-five last.
England's Robert Coles was also 11 under with two holes of his third round remaining as a result of the fog.
"I have been working very hard on all the aspects of the game that you need these days to succeed," Larrazabal said, "not just the golf but you have to be physically and mentally fit and I have been working hard on all of it.
"I have been seeing the results - I finished 11th in Abu Dhabi and that was good for the confidence, but now that I am in this position with a great chance to win going into the final round, tomorrow will be a big test to show me exactly where I am because it will be a tough day with a lot of pressure. I hope that the work that I have done over the winter is going to really show up tomorrow."
Coles also enjoyed an eagle when he managed to drive the par-four 15th and said: "This is why you play the game - to get into contention to win tournaments.
"I'll have all the emotions going tomorrow - nerves, excitement, everything and I just hope that I can give a good account of myself and play well because I have a great chance to win."
Home hopes are led by SSP Chowrasia and Sujjan Singh on 10 under, alongside Argentina's Rafa Echenique. NOrthern Ireland's Gareth Maybin shot his second consecutive 71 to lie seven off the lead.
Jeev Milkha Singh, the leader after 36 holes, is nine under with five to play, along with US Open Championship runner-up Gregory Havret, first-round leader Robert-Jan Derksen, Thai pair Chapchai Nirat and Thaworn Wiratchant and Filipino Angelo Que.
Eight groups were unable to complete their third rounds, and they will resume at 8am local time. There will be no redraw for the fourth round, which will start at 8.25am.
Collated third round scores & totals in the European Tour Avantha Masters, DLF Golf and Country Club, New Delhi, India
(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):
205Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 69 70 66
206Sujjan Singh (Ind) 69 69 68, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 69 70 67, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind) 70 69 67
207Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 66 73 68, Angelo Que (Phi) 71 68 68, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 68 71 68, Gregory Havret (Fra) 72 67 68
208Prayad Marksaeng (Tha) 72 69 67
209Floris De Vries (Ned) 72 67 70, Chinnarat Phadungsil (Tha) 70 68 71
210Anthony Wall 70 72 68, Joost Luiten (Ned) 68 71 71, Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 68 72 70
211Marc Warren 69 70 72, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 68 74 69, Mark Foster 67 77 67, Shamim Khan (Ind) 74 67 70
212A Siddikur (Ban) 70 72 70, Darren Beck (Aus) 67 72 73, Gareth Maybin 70 71 71, Soren Hansen (Den) 71 70 71, Chiragh Kumar (Ind) 73 70 69, Oskar Henningsson (Swe) 72 69 71, Ross McGowan 72 70 70
213Thomas Norret (Den) 69 70 74, Scott Hend (Aus) 69 72 72, Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 69 73 71, Robert Dinwiddie 69 73 71, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 69 70 74, Andrew Dodt (Aus) 71 70 72, Julio Zapata (Arg) 67 76 70, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 71 71 71
214Carlos Del Moral (Spa) 71 69 74, Seuk-hyun Baek (Kor) 72 70 72, Romain Wattel (Fra) 72 72 70, Rashid Khan (Ind) 68 76 70
215Mars Pucay (Phi) 72 72 71, Daisuke Maruyama (Jpn) 71 73 71, Mardan Mamat (Sin) 72 72 71, Hideto Tanihara (Jpn) 71 73 71, Scott Jamieson 72 69 74, Simon Wakefield 71 70 74, Scott Barr (Aus) 75 69 71, Gaganjeet Bhullar (Ind) 74 69 72
216Pariya Junhasavasdikul (Tha) 72 72 72, Lee Slattery 75 66 75, Adam Gee 75 68 73, Antonio Lascuna (Phi) 69 73 74, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 73 71 72
217Peter Whiteford 69 71 77
218David Howell 70 72 76, Richard McEvoy 75 69 74
220Iain Steel (Mal) 67 75 78, Chawalit Plaphol (Tha) 73 71 76
221Thorbjorn Olesen (Den) 72 71 78
224Mandeo Singh Pathania (Ind) 72 71 81
