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England’s Georgia Hall and Czech rookie Kristyna Napoleaova are tied at the top on six-under-par at the halfway point of the Aramco Saudi Ladies International presented by Public Investment Fund.

Hall, who shared the overnight lead alongside Sophie Witt, got off to a hot start with three consecutive birdies on holes 11 through to 13 and made the turn in 33 (-3).

As the wind started to pick up at the end of the morning, Hall made another birdie on the fourth but dropped a shot on the sixth to sign for a round of 69 and sit at six-under-par.

The two-time Solheim Cup winner said:

“The pins were a little trickier actually than yesterday. I'm pretty pleased with the way I played. I was kind of just plodding around and it was a much steadier round today. I'll take that into the weekend.

“It gives me a lot of confidence going into the weekend. That's what happens with golf, sometimes you get a good draw and sometimes a bad draw – that's what happens. You've got to accept it, which I did. I don't mind playing in the wind, so we'll just see what happens.”

Napoleaova only started playing golf six years ago

Napoleaova faced the tougher afternoon conditions on day two but breezed through her round firing a bogey-free 66 (six-under-par) – one of three players to do so – to be level with Hall.

After an eagle on the fourth, the former footballer rolled in birdies on seven, nine and 13 before finishing her day with a flourish on 18 to seal a career-best round.

Napoleaova, who only began playing golf six years ago, said:

“It was a really good round. Even yesterday I felt like the course is running really well and the greens are pure. I feel this is exactly for me – apart from the wind.

“I have a local caddie and we are from the same academy, so he walked me through it. It was really his help throughout; I was chilling out and not thinking about anything.

“I’m honoured to be in that group tomorrow. It’s going to be a lot of fun and I feel like I can learn a lot from these two, especially as they are incredible players. I’m enjoying every single minute of being here this week.”

Best three-under-par of Van Dam's career

Five-time LET winner Anne Van Dam also produced an excellent afternoon round firing a 69 (-3) to move to third place on four-under-par.

“It was probably one of the best three-under-pars of my career. Not one shot was easy out there, overall, I’m very pleased,” said the Dutch star.

“I hit a lot of good shots and actually created some good chances and holed a few good par putts. It was a good grind.”

Australia’s Steph Kyriacou also fired a 66 (-6) to climb up to fourth in the leaderboard as she began the day on three-over, but kickstarted her round with an eagle on the 13^th before dropping a shot on the following hole.

However, it was her back nine where the two-time LET winner made inroads as she rolled in five birdies to put herself on three-under-par for the tournament and in a good position heading into the weekend.

“I hit good shots yesterday, but they would finish like 30 metres away from the pin,” said the 21-year-old, who finished third in last season’s Race to Costa del Sol.

“I hit good shots today and because there wasn’t much wind, I could actually hit them close and give myself chances.”

The cut fell at +7 with 63 players making it through to the weekend of the Aramco Saudi Ladies International.

See the Aramco Saudi Ladies International full leaderboard here.