<p class="bodytext">Aditi Ashok salvaged her first round with a super back nine as she birdied three of the last five holes to finish at one-under 71 and in tied 26th place in the ActewAGL Canberra Classic here on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Aditi had two bogeys in first five holes but birdied on sixth and turned in one-over. A bogey on 13th meant she was two-over but birdies on 14th, 16th and 18th with one bogey on 13th saw her come under par.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Among other Indians Amandeep Drall (74) was tied 65th, Gaurika Bishnoi (75) was tied 87, Vani Kapoor (81) was tied 134th.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Former world number one Jiyai Shin of South Korea produced eight birdies in an opening round of seven-under-par 65 to claim a two-shot lead. Shin won the 2013 Women's Australian Open at Royal Canberra.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A late surge kept last week's Oates Vic Open champion Minjee Lee of Australia in touch and she lies in joint second alongside Leticia Ras-Anderica of Germany and Norwegian rookie Karoline Lund on five-under-par 67.</p>.<p class="bodytext">First round play was suspended for approximately 40 minutes due to the threat of thunderstorms and play continued in overcast and humid conditions.</p>
<p class="bodytext">Aditi Ashok salvaged her first round with a super back nine as she birdied three of the last five holes to finish at one-under 71 and in tied 26th place in the ActewAGL Canberra Classic here on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Aditi had two bogeys in first five holes but birdied on sixth and turned in one-over. A bogey on 13th meant she was two-over but birdies on 14th, 16th and 18th with one bogey on 13th saw her come under par.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Among other Indians Amandeep Drall (74) was tied 65th, Gaurika Bishnoi (75) was tied 87, Vani Kapoor (81) was tied 134th.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Former world number one Jiyai Shin of South Korea produced eight birdies in an opening round of seven-under-par 65 to claim a two-shot lead. Shin won the 2013 Women's Australian Open at Royal Canberra.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A late surge kept last week's Oates Vic Open champion Minjee Lee of Australia in touch and she lies in joint second alongside Leticia Ras-Anderica of Germany and Norwegian rookie Karoline Lund on five-under-par 67.</p>.<p class="bodytext">First round play was suspended for approximately 40 minutes due to the threat of thunderstorms and play continued in overcast and humid conditions.</p>