Siddikur moves up a bit

Siddikur Rahman moved up to joint 22nd position at the end of the third round of Venetian Macao Open as Scott Hend took a three-stroke lead going into the final day. Two-time Asian Tour winner Siddikur, who started the day at 30th position, carded four birdies and two bogeys at the Macau Golf and Country Club yesterday to get to an aggregate of five-under-par (208), 10 strokes behind Hend  of Australia.

The Aussie hit two eagles for a seven-under-par (64) to move to 15-under-par (198) as he leads defending champion Anirban Lahiri by three strokes, followed by India's Chirag Kumar and Rashid Khan in third and fourth places respectively.