After barely making the cut, Gaurav Ghei , the lone Indian in the fray, slipped further down to tied 60th spot after the third round in the two-million dollar Volvo China Open in Shanghai on Saturday.

Tied 53rd overnight, Ghei began on a disastrous note with a bogey on the very first hole and went on to drop five more bogeys and a double bogey on the 14th. In comparison, he could manage only three birdies in all for a horrendous five-over 76 score.

With relentless wind being the talking point for the third straight day, he aggregated a poor nine-over 222 at the Shanghai Silport Golf Club.

Meanwhile, Shiv Kapur, who was tied 34th after two rounds, withdrew from the tournament.

Atop the table, Markus Brier of Austria fired a strong four-under-par 67 to surge ahead of overnight leader Raphael Jacquelin of France, with Australia's Scott Hend lurking a stroke behind at the co-sanctioned Asian and European event.

Brier blasted seven birdies, including three over his last three holes, against three bogeys for a six-under-par 207 total and holds a one stroke lead over Hend, who shot a steady 70 while Jacquelin shared the fourth spot with two others.

Yesterday Rahul Gangjee, Amandeep Johl and SSP Chowrasia, all had failed to make the cut.

Leading third round scores:

207 - Markus Brier (AUT) 72-68-67

208 - Scott Hend (AUS) 71-67-70

209 - Andrew Mclardy (RSA) 72-70-67

210 - Richard Sterne (RSA) 70-71-69, Graeme Mcdowell (NIR) 70-70-70, Raphael Jacquelin (FRA) 68-67-75

211 - Andres Romero (ARG) 71-67-73

212 - Peter O'Malley (AUS) 74-71-67, David Griffiths (ENG) 72-71-69, Jean-Francois Lucquin (FRA) 73-68-71

213 - Peter Lawrie (IRL) 72-71-70, James Kingston (RSA) 71-72-70, Robert-Jan Derksen (NLD) 70-72-71, Michael Jonzon (SWE) 70-72-71, Adam Blyth (AUS) 70-67-76

214 - Prom Meesawat (THA) 72-74-68, Garry Houston (WAL) 71-73-70, Brett Rumford (AUS) 72-72-70, Peter Hanson (SWE) 72-72-70, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (ESP) 71-72-71

215 - Zhang Lian-wei (CHN) 76-69-70, Stephen Gallacher (SCO) 73-72-70, Thomas Bjorn (DEN) 70-72-73, Scott Strange (AUS) 74-68-73, Stephen Dodd (WAL) 74-67-74