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American Jessica Korda's even par round on Saturday was enough to claim a one stroke lead heading into tomorrow's final round of the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open at Royal Melbourne Golf Club. Korda, whose father Petr won the Australian Open tennis championship in 1998, shot an even par 73 which leaves her one stroke ahead of Australian Nikki Campbell who finished with the best round of the day – a 3-under par 70. Korda said she began well.

"I felt like that at the start of the day but as things started going on and on, I started feeling shaky as the wind gusted towards the end of the day. I finished pretty strong and kept at level par," Korda said.

"I saw a couple of leader boards but honestly I was trying to work out everything. The wind was picking up and coming back down. I had to back off a lot of shots," Korda added.

Campbell said she was looking forward to Sunday.

"It is exciting. Any time you are in contention, that's what you are after. Hopefully I can go out tomorrow and play well, learn a bit about my game and hit good shots and see where it leaves me at the end of the day...Every player would want to win her national championship in any sport. Being in a position where I have a chance is more than I could have asked for," Campbell said.

"This is very different to last week, especially the greens. My caddie said I'd do well this week if I adjusted quicker than everybody else. He is very much into adjusting to what you have play. We have been working a lot on putting speed. Last week you needed to have speed at the hole. This week you need certain putts to die into the hole. It is a different mentality with your putting," Campbell added.

Fifteen players are within five strokes of the lead including overnight co-leader So Yeon Ryu and defending champion Yani Tseng at 2-under par, just two strokes behind Korda.

American Brittany Linicome and Paraguay's Julieta Granada are both three strokes off the lead in a tie for 8th at 1-under par.

Stacy Lewis (USA) and England's Melissa Reid both found the conditions challenging, recording 4-over par 77s to slip into a tie for 10th.

The fourth round begins on Sunday at 7.47am. The leaders tee off at 1.10pm.