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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Amy Yang holed a pitching wedge for eagle on the par-4 11th hole and stretched her lead to 3 strokes Friday in the hot, humid and stormy Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia.The 27-year-old South Korean player had a 2-under 69 at TPC Kuala Lumpur, a day after shooting 63 to miss her own course record by a stroke. She parred the first 10 holes, then hit the approach that landed on the front of the green, hopped and rolled in.It was about 125 yards, like helping downwind, Yang said. I hit my pitching wedge, just full pitching wedge to the pin, and it came off really solid off the face.Anna Nordqvist, Mi Jung Hur and Candie Kung were tied for second after a round that was delayed about two hours because of lightning -- accompanied by periods of heavy rain -- with the final group in the 16th fairway.Nordqvist had a 68, and Hur and Kung each shot 65 to match the best rounds of the day.They are playing TPC Kuala Lumpurs East Course, a week after Justin Thomas successfully defended his title on the West Course in the PGA Tours CIMB Classic.There were some tough pin placements out there, a lot tougher than yesterday, Kung said. Yesterday, I didnt make any putts at all. But today, luckily, they all went in.Yang made her first bogey of the week after hitting into the water on the par-4 14th.Golf can be really easy like yesterday, but it can be also a little slow like today, Yang said. Im just going to be patient, do my best.She returned from the delay -- and lunch -- to hole a 20-footer for birdie on the par-5 16th.I was getting a little frustrated about not making putts and I was getting hungry, so I went back, ate lunch, Yang said. It actually gave me some time to think about what was going on and think about the next three, how to finish, so it helped.Both of Yangs LPGA Tour victories have come in Asia, the first in 2013 in South Korea and the second last year in Thailand. She has five top-three finishes this season.Michelle Wie hung around, while Lydia Ko and Brooke Henderson staggered in.Wie followed her opening 66 with a 70 to drop 4 strokes behind. Winless in 57 tournaments since the 2014 U.S. Womens Open, she is coming off a season-best 10th-place tie last week in China. Ha Na Jang (67), Azahara Munoz (70), Jenny Shin (70) and 2014 winner Shanshan Feng (70) joined Wie at 6 under.The top-ranked Ko closed bogey-double bogey for a 71, leaving her 8 strokes back in her first tournament since firing caddie Jason Hamilton. She finished on No. 9 before the storm hit.Obviously, thats not that great to end with a bogey and double on the last two holes, Ko said. But overall, I think I played more solid today compared to yesterday.Malaysias Sargunan Suntharaj is carrying the 19-year-old New Zealanders clubs.Its been going good, Ko said. Hes got a lot of experience. Weve been having a lot of fun out there, and hes been trying to keep me cool out here in the heat, which is a pretty big role.Hamilton shifted to Jang, the Taiwan winner three weeks ago for her third victory of the year.Henderson had an even worse finish than Ko, making a triple-bogey on the par-3 17th and a double-bogey on the par-5 18th for a 79 -- matching her worst tour round as a professional.Playing for the fifth straight week in Asia, the 19-year-old Canadian was 7 over. She is skipping the Asia finale next week in Japan, then will finish the season the following two weeks in Mexico and Florida.Nordqvist was on the 18th green when play was suspended, forcing the Swede, Brittany Lincicome and Karine Icher to wait.Disappointed that we couldnt finish, Nordqvist said. Brittany was about to tap-in her foot-and-a-halfer, and I was going to putt my 50-footer at the last. A little disappointed that we had to stick around, but overall, its a pretty solid day.Second-ranked Ariya Jutanugarn was 1 over after a birdie-free 75. She has a tour-high five victories -- one more than Ko -- and leads the money list and the Race to CME Globe and player of the year standings.Stacy Lewis failed to make a birdie in a 72 to drop to even par in her first event since mid-September.Defending champion Jessica Korda was 3 under after a 68. She was second Sunday in China, a stroke behind Minjee Lee. Cheap Custom Devils Jersey . The formidable trio of Canadian receivers -- individually known as Chris Getzlaf, Rob Bagg and Andy Fantuz -- will share the field at Mosaic Stadium one more time on Sunday. Custom Ken Daneyko Jersey . 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A necessary -- and successful -- change in karma.Tsonga, 31, and the No. 9 seed here, is into the quarterfinals of the US Open for the second year in a row after defeating the No. 26-seeded Sock 6-3, 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-2.Tsonga, meanwhile, was one of three Frenchmen into the fourth round and is joined in the quarters by No. 10 Gael Monfils and, possibly, No. 24 Lucas Pouille, who was playing well against Rafael Nadal. He has been to the semifinals of the three other majors, but never here.Tsonga likely will have to get through No. 1 Novak Djokovic, who played unseeded Kyle Edmund in the night match, to do it.For me, its to always play the right shot, dont give him too much free point, Tsonga said of playing Djokovic. I will play my game. I will be aggressive, as always.For sure Andy [Murray] and Novak won a lot before, so they are I think the favorite. But we are all outsiders, and we all want a Grand Slam.Sock, 23, was looking to become first American man in the US Open quarterfinals in five years, following John Isner and Andy Roddick. Sock, the third-ranked U.S. man behind Isner (21) and Steve Johnson (22), knocked off 2014 US Open champion Marin Cilic in the third round.While Tsonga mastered the breezy conditions, subtly altering his approach depending on which way the wind was blowing, Sock played a little too fast and loose, spraying forehands all over jam-packed Louis Armstrong Stadium.His best stroke was a trick shot: a marvelous behind-the-back, between-the-legs drop shot on the half-volley that clipped the net cord for a winner in the third set. But in the fourth set, as the match was careening away from him, Sock lost his composure when he got into it with the people calling the lines.Open your eyes, seriously, he said with disdain at one point.For Sock, who fought off a match point in the third-set tiebreaker, this result should be an eye-opening experience.What does he need to do to break through and advance to a major quarterfinal?I mean, piece a few more things together on the court, Sock said later. As you guys can see, Im right there. My last match was a straight-set win over a past champion here. Today, hold a few more times in the first two sets, you never know. I felt obviously right there with him. Had chances to make it a different match.Six years ago, Sock was the junior boys champion here and, by and large, he has evolved admirably.dddddddddddd He has worked hard to clean up his service return and fortify his backhand. The next step is developing the mental toughness to hang with the very best professionals in the biggest moments.These matches later in these tournaments, against higher-ranked guys, it comes down to a few points, Sock continued. The experience obviously helps. Hes been around for a while. Been in those positions. Each of these matches I played help me more in the next one.This was his second journey to the fourth round of a major, the first coming a year ago at Roland Garros, when he lost to Nadal. In Rio de Janeiro, Sock was the most decorated American tennis player, winning a gold medal with Bethanie Mattek-Sands in mixed doubles and a bronze with Steve Johnson in mens doubles.As always, the enormous, self-serving aspect of Tsongas game is what creates separation from most of his peers.Tsonga is not a towering presence, like Isner or Ivo Karlovic, but hes typically hovering among the ATP World Tours best servers in most categories. When he needs a big one, as he did numerous times against Sock, Tsonga usually delivers -- again and again.In the end, Sock could break Tsonga only once. Tsonga won 83 percent of his first serves, significantly better than Socks 68 percent, and lost only 12 points on his first serve.According to Hawk-Eye data, Socks average forehand traveled 79 mph, five faster than Tsongas, and his average net clearance was 63 centimeters, eight fewer than Tsongas. Sock, who had 39 unforced errors, might do well to follow that lead and take a little off the fastball and give himself a greater margin for error.And so, its been 52 majors (12 years and 362 days, but whos counting?) since an American man, Roddick, won a Grand Slam singles title. That was 2003, the same year Roger Federer won his first major.Sock is the oldest of a group of young Americans with a chance to do some serious damage going forward. Taylor Fritz, 18, lost to Sock in the first round. Jared Donaldson, 19, got to the third round. Frances Tiafoe, 18, forced Isner to a fifth-set tiebreaker in the first round. And 6-foot-11?Reilly Opelka, 19, has promise, too.I think the future looks good, Sock said. Promising players coming up playing very good tennis. I take pride in being the last one here. Obviously wanted to go out there and keep it going for not only myself but for the U.S. as a whole. Unfortunately, couldnt do that today.Hopefully in the future I can keep playing these second weeks, representing the best I can. ' ' '