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November 28th 2009, Dongguan, China: India is primed for a strong finish at the Omega Mission Hills World Cup after Jeev Milkha Singh and Jyoti Randhawa combined for a seven-under-par 65 in the third round fourball on Saturday.

The Indians ended their day on 16-under-par 200 to take a share of ninth place alongside Korea, Argentina and Australia while Japan continues to lead the Asian challenge by adding a 64 to their 62 and 71 to take equal fourth with South Africa.

Singapore returned with a blemish-free 66 to lie alongside Denmark in 14th place on 202 while home favourites China, Thailand and the Philippines are in tied-18th on 204.

India lived up to their earlier promise of going all out for a charge when the fourball format, which often presents low scoring opportunities return.

Singh, a six-time Asian Tour winner and Asia’s number one in 2008, kept up India’s charge with five birdies while playing partner Randhawa coloured their card with another three birdies of his own.

They blitzed their opening front-nine with five birdies against a lone bogey on the par-three eighth. The pair then fired three consecutive birdies starting from the 10th to return home in 65.

However Singh and Randhawa were left to rue several missed birdie chances which would have given them a lower score on the homerun.

“We played well today but looking back we were just not aggressive with the putts. We were looking at 10 or 11-under for today but that didn’t happen. But we are playing well and we’ll make our final charge tomorrow,” said Singh.

Korea, represented by Yang Yong-eun and Charlie Wi overcome their calamitous second round 75 to get back in touch with the leaders with a sensational 61 that was only matched by Italy at the famed Olazábal Course at Mission Hills Golf Club.

Yang who put Asia on the world map by becoming the first Asian to win a Major posted seven birdies while Wi, a seven-time Asian Tour winner contributed four birdies for the Koreans to make the biggest move of the day from tied-20th to ninth.

“I played well on the front nine and Charlie played better on the back nine. We both clicked at the right times. When I birdied, Charlie parred, and when Charlie parred, I birdied. So that's I think why we are here right now with a 61 today,” said Yang, Asian Tour honorary member.

Their impatient approach to foursomes format on the second day cost them dearly and the Koreans are determined not to let that performance repeat itself.

“We put a lot of pressure on ourselves to perform yesterday. We almost made it like it was do‑or‑die and I know that we made a lot of mistakes. Tomorrow we’ll just relax and play like it's a practise round,” said Wi.

“We’re probably going to try and relax and take a lot of pressure off ourselves and just try and play our game, like how we did today.,” added Yang.

China was let down by their putting as the Chinese pair of Liang Wen-chong and Zhang Lian-wei were not able to convert several birdies chances.

“We were disappointed with our putting today. We simply were not about to sink those birdie putts today,” said Liang, a two-time Asian Tour winner.

“I think we should be able to pick ourselves up again in the final round tomorrow. After all, there’s chemistry between us and we should do well in the foursomes format,” added Zhang, a five-time Asian Tour winner.

Meanwhile Chinese Taipei signed for a 67 to take a share of 26th place alongside Pakistan on 208.

The final day of competition at the Omega Mission Hills World Cup will revert to the foursomes format, where the teams compete using only one ball per pair.