Sharmila retires in second round of Ladies Slovak Open

Sharmila Nicollet retired from the second round even before the midway cut was applied at the Allianz Ladies Slovak Open.
Sharmila had shot a poor 81 in first round and was clearly in discomfort with her game and hence, she withdrew from the tournament here last night.
Meanwhile, Sally Watson put together an impressive second round of five-under-par 67 and led the field with many of the players being blown off course by the afternoon's swirling wind, which dried Gray Bear's fast and undulating greens and fairways further.
Watson cleverly plotted her way around the golf course and felt particularly comfortable on the greens.

After a steady opening nine containing two birdies against one birdie, Watson found her stride on the back nine, picking up four birdies in five holes from the 11th to establish a three stroke lead over the field at eight-under-par.
Three strokes behind Watson are two players who are also in good form -- Valentine Derrey (70) of France, who won the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open and Czech Republic's Klara Spilkova (68), who ended sixth in the same tournament.
Spilkova went out in level par and was delighted to have finished strongly with four birdies on the back nine. A round of 69 for Russian Maria Balikoeva took her into a share of fourth place at three-under with Denmark's Malene Jorgensen (71).

English duo Liz Young and Eleanor Givens were a stroke further behind.