Amandeep Drall lies second, Vani 11th at Terre Blanche Ladies Open

India's Amandeep Drall carded a three-under 69 to move to second place after the second round of the Terre Blanche Ladies Open.

FILE PHOTO: Amandeep Drall carded a three-under 69.

India's Amandeep Drall carded a three-under 69 to move to second place after the second round of the Terre Blanche Ladies Open.

During a week when the Ladies European Tour (LET) was on a break, Amandeep moved to the LET's second-rung tour, the LET Access Series, and showed great form.

Amandeep was tied-fifth after the first round with 71.

Also making the cut was Vani Kapoor (77-68), who had a fine second round with four-under 68 and who rose to T-11 from her overnight T-52.

Despite an early double bogey, Vani, who teed off from the 10th, fought back with seven birdies to get to five-under for the day before a closing bogey on ninth, her final hole.

The field is led by Swede Linn Grant (68-66), whose superb form saw her fire a second round of six-under 66 to hold a six-shot lead.

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Amandeep, 13th in the Order of Merit with three top-ten finishes in her last five LETAS events, said, "Coming into this week my ball striking was really good and I wanted to focus a little more on my putting.

"My ball striking has been solid. Yesterday I missed just one green and today it was the same. I just need to keep calm on the greens.

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"I'm really excited to be playing in the lead group tomorrow, especially on this tough course. It can be really brutal at times, but I'm really happy I put myself in a position to play in the final group and have a go at it and just stay shot by shot."

Amandeep, a multiple winner on the domestic Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour, has been consistent with her results on the LET Access Series, where she has been T-4 at Flumserberg Open, T-8 at PGA Championship, T-5 at Anna Nordqvist Vasteras Open.

Teeing off from the 10th, Amandeep got off to a great start and was three-under through her first nine holes with birdies on 10th, 13th, and 18th. She birdied second but dropped her only shot of the day at Par-5 fourth.

With a six-shot lead heading into the final day, the 22-year-old Lim Grant is hoping to close in on the title.

A trio of players sits one shot behind Drall on three-under-par.