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Aguilar maintains lead

Unheralded Felipe Aguilar remained on course for a maiden victory on the European Tour after maintaining his place at the top of the Indonesian Open leaderboard at the end of the third round in Jakarta.

The 33-year-old, only the second Chilean to earn a place on the European Tour after Roy Mackenzie, carded a three-under-par 67 to lead by two strokes.

India's Jeev Milkha Singh and 2007 Asia Order of Merit winner Liang Wen-chong are Aguilar's closest challenges on 14 under overall.

After a blistering eight-under-par 62 on Friday, Aguilar was more subdued on the course, starting his round with a bogey on the first.

But a birdie on the par-four seventh was followed by an eagle on the par-five ninth - the Cengkareng Golf Club's signature hole - to reach the turn at two under.

He added another birdie on the 11th to briefly stretch his lead to three strokes, but was unable to increase that margin as he made par on the remainder of the holes coming home.

"I didn't strike the ball as solid as I did on Friday but overall it was a good round," said Aguilar.

"I had a couple of lip outs on the first few holes but after that I managed to stick to the strategy and the game plan of hitting fairways and greens and letting the club do the talking."

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