Top seed Frida shoots seven birdies as she sweeps into quarter-finals

Frida Kinhult, the 15-year-old Swedish player and No 1 seed in the match-play stages of the British girls open amateur championship at West Kilbride, swept into this afternoon's quarter-finals with an impressive third-round win by 5 and 3 against compatriot Christine Danielsson.
On a beautful warm, sunny morning at the North Ayrshire links venue, Frida, pictured above, claimed seven of the total of nine birdies in the match.
"I am putting well and that makes the difference. I finished 15th in the Annika Invitational ast week and thought if I could improve my putting I could do well in the British championship," said Frida.
"So I have been practising my putting, and my short game, a lot and I think it has helped a lot."
Kinhult lost the second but b irdied the third to get back to all square.
Then she was bunkered at the fourth and went back to one down.
Frida got her second birdie of the round, a pitch-and-putt 4, to square the contest again at the long seventh.
She led for the first time with a par at the eighth where Danielsson was bunkered.
Kinhult holed a 40ft putt for a birdie 3 to go two up at the 10th.
The 11th was halved in birdies before Frida brought the match to an early conclusion with birdies at the 12th, 13tth and 14th.
The 13th was actually halved in birdies so that Kinhult was four up on the 15th tee. She won that hole on a concession for a 5 and 3 s
success with roughly four of five under par figures.
Sandra Nordaas from Norway lost two the first three holes to Eva Gilly (France) but had turned it around by the turn, at which point she was two up. Nordaas went on to win by 5 and 4.
Dimana Emilova from Spain beat repeating Scottish U18 girls champion Fiona Liddell by 5 and 4 after taking a three-hole lead over the first six holes and standing four up on the ninth tee.
Daughter of a Scottish club pro in Germany, Fiona had been the only player with British connections to reach the last 16.