KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — First-round chief Jasmine Suwannapura trailed on the leaderboard for a lot of the day Friday however emerged with a one-stroke lead going into the third spherical of the Maybank Championship on the LPGA Tour.

Suwannapura shot a second-round 3-under 69 for a two-round whole of 12-under 132 on the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Nation Membership course.

Rose Zhang of the US was in second place after a 68. She was adopted by Celine Boutier of France, who had the spherical of the day with a 64 and was two strokes behind the chief and tied for third with Australia’s Hannah Inexperienced (70) and Peiyun Chien of Taiwan, who shot 69.

Zhang began the day with six pars earlier than a bogey on the seventh, however she however made up for it with birdies on Nos. 8, 9 and 10.

“If you’re out right here you actually need to be throwing darts and firing on all cylinders,” Zhang stated. “If you make a mistake it’s the way you keep composed and are available again to it. So I’m actually glad how I fought, and I felt prefer it was a very good solution to end.”

Brooke Henderson had a 67 and was at 8 beneath, 4 strokes behind, and Nelly Korda shot 69 and was at 6 beneath.

It’s the third of 4 LPGA occasions on the tour’s Asian swing. Minjee Lee of Australia received final week’s cease in South Korea in a playoff and the ultimate event is subsequent week’s Toto Basic in Japan.