<p class="title">Shubhankar Sharma and Arjun Atwal emerged as the best Indians after carding matching four-under 68s to be tied-25th after the third round of the Volvo China Open here on Saturday.</p>.<p class="title">Meanwhile, Gaganjeet Bhullar, who at one stage rose to tied-2nd after being four-under through eight holes, courted disaster on the back nine with one triple and one double and fell to even-par despite seven birdies. Bhullar is now tied-49th. Khalin Joshi (73) was tied-64th while Shiv Kapur (76) was tied-68th.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Overnight leader Matt Wallace of England battled to a three-under-par 69 to remain atop the leaderboard, sharing the honours with Adrian Otaegui of Spain, who caught up with him with a birdie blitz, following a low-scoring day.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Shubhankar, winner of two European Tour titles this season, had five birdies and an eagle on par-4 tenth hole. But he also gave away three bogeys for a 68.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Atwal, more than twice Shubhankar's age, had a nice hat-trick of birdies on the front nine from seventh to ninth and he had six birdies in all against two bogeys.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 28-year-old Wallace, who won the Hero Indian Open last month, held an overnight one-shot lead. On Saturday he nailed four birdies against a bogey for a three-day total of 12-under-par 204 at the Topwin Golf and Country Club.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Otaegui matched his efforts after sinking five straight birdies starting from the eighth hole for a flawless 67.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Gangjee rises</p>.<p class="title">Nagoya (Japan), Apr 28 (PTI) Rahil Gangjee shot one-under 69 to move up to tied 42nd place after 54 holes in Japan Golf Tour's Crowns in Nagoya on Saturday.</p>.<p class="title">Gangjee, winner of his first Japan Tour event last week, was one-over 211 for three days.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The leader is Shota Akiyoshi (66), who has never won before on Japan tour. Akiyoshi was 11-under 199 and two shots ahead of YE Yang (67), a former PGA Championships winner and the first Asian to win a Major.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Yang, who has not won a title since 2010, was 9-under 201. He is now ranked 925th in the world.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Australian Brendan Jones was three shots behind the leader with one round to play.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jones carded a round of 69 to remain within striking distance of his 15th Japan Golf Tour title.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jones is tied third along with four others -- Kunihiro Kamii (65), Prayad Marksaeng (66), Yusaku Miyazoto (66) and Shugo Imahira (71).</p>
<p class="title">Shubhankar Sharma and Arjun Atwal emerged as the best Indians after carding matching four-under 68s to be tied-25th after the third round of the Volvo China Open here on Saturday.</p>.<p class="title">Meanwhile, Gaganjeet Bhullar, who at one stage rose to tied-2nd after being four-under through eight holes, courted disaster on the back nine with one triple and one double and fell to even-par despite seven birdies. Bhullar is now tied-49th. Khalin Joshi (73) was tied-64th while Shiv Kapur (76) was tied-68th.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Overnight leader Matt Wallace of England battled to a three-under-par 69 to remain atop the leaderboard, sharing the honours with Adrian Otaegui of Spain, who caught up with him with a birdie blitz, following a low-scoring day.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Shubhankar, winner of two European Tour titles this season, had five birdies and an eagle on par-4 tenth hole. But he also gave away three bogeys for a 68.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Atwal, more than twice Shubhankar's age, had a nice hat-trick of birdies on the front nine from seventh to ninth and he had six birdies in all against two bogeys.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 28-year-old Wallace, who won the Hero Indian Open last month, held an overnight one-shot lead. On Saturday he nailed four birdies against a bogey for a three-day total of 12-under-par 204 at the Topwin Golf and Country Club.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Otaegui matched his efforts after sinking five straight birdies starting from the eighth hole for a flawless 67.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Gangjee rises</p>.<p class="title">Nagoya (Japan), Apr 28 (PTI) Rahil Gangjee shot one-under 69 to move up to tied 42nd place after 54 holes in Japan Golf Tour's Crowns in Nagoya on Saturday.</p>.<p class="title">Gangjee, winner of his first Japan Tour event last week, was one-over 211 for three days.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The leader is Shota Akiyoshi (66), who has never won before on Japan tour. Akiyoshi was 11-under 199 and two shots ahead of YE Yang (67), a former PGA Championships winner and the first Asian to win a Major.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Yang, who has not won a title since 2010, was 9-under 201. He is now ranked 925th in the world.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Australian Brendan Jones was three shots behind the leader with one round to play.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jones carded a round of 69 to remain within striking distance of his 15th Japan Golf Tour title.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jones is tied third along with four others -- Kunihiro Kamii (65), Prayad Marksaeng (66), Yusaku Miyazoto (66) and Shugo Imahira (71).</p>