Leona Maguire's charge stalls at Saudi Ladies International

Leona Maguire's charge at the Saudi Ladies International stalled on Saturday, as a third-round two-over-par 74 saw her slip down the leaderboard in Riyadh.

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A sensational 64 blasted the Cavan woman into contention yesterday, but she could not repeat such high scoring as Thailand's Patty Tavatanakit moved three shots clear of the chasing pack.

Maguire looked like she was in the mood to seriously get herself in contention when she birdied the par-five second, but her momentum disintegrated as a string of pars were blotted by bogeys on the seventh, 13th and 14th holes.

She sits on two-under overall, nine behind Tavatanakit, who carded a three-under 69 on Saturday.

German Esther Henseleit is second on eight-under, one ahead of the Dane Emily Kristine Pedersen and Englishwoman Charley Hull.