In Kyung Kim increased her advantage over the rest of the field at the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters to lead by three shots heading into the final round.
The 21-year-old South Korean added a score of 67 to previous rounds of 70 and 65 to move to 14 under at the Majlis course at Emirates Golf Club.
Kim saw off the challenge of Michelle Wie during the course of the third round, the American dropping four shots today to slip six behind the leader.
That paved the way for Sweden's Anna Nordqvist to motor into second place on the back of a third-round 65, which took her to 11 under for the tournament.
Fellow Swede Maria Hjorth shot a 67 to move into third, a stroke behind her compatriot, while Wie's difficult day saw her tied for fourth after a lacklustre 71, alongside Gwladys Nocera, Amy Yang and Tania Elosegui.
Kim started well when she chipped in from 20 feet for birdie at the par-four second and picked up another shot at the par-five third.
A bogey on the eighth was a setback, but Kim regained a two-stroke lead after she holed a clutch birdie putt at the ninth for an outward total of 33. She came back in 34 after birdies on 13, 14 and 17.
"I'm very happy with how I played today," said Kim.
"I played very solid again. I made some putts and left some putts, but I tried hard, and I think five under is not bad."
Elsewhere, battle is joined in the race to seal the Ladies European Tour's official Henderson Money List title tomorrow, with just a stroke separating the top-two ranked players, Sophie Gustafson and Catriona Matthew.
Matthew will start the final round a stroke clear of Gustafson at six under in a share of eighth with Jade Schaeffer, Melissa Reid, Vikki Laing and Laura Davies.
Gustafson will begin the day in 13th at five under overall.
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