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WATERLOO, Ont. -- The course was dry but the greens remained soft at the Manulife Financial LPGA Classic on Saturday. Players aimed straight at the pins for a third straight day and the scoreboard was loaded with low scores as a result. South Koreas Hee Young Park shot a career-low 61 to move into sole possession of top spot at Grey Silo Golf Course. Her 20-under-par 193 total left her one shot up on American Angela Stanford and two strokes ahead of Scotlands Catriona Matthew. With 21 players already in double digits at 10 under or better and course conditions likely to stay the same, expect a shootout on Sunday. "When you see everybody going low, you have to go with them or youre going to get left behind," Stanford said. Parks three-round score was the best 54-hole total on tour this year and it was just the 11th time a play has shot 61 in tour history. She almost went one better -- nearly chipping in for eagle on the 18th before tapping in a short putt for her sixth birdie on the back nine alone. "I finished really well, finished (with) the birdie, so its going to be fun tomorrow," she said. Matthew (68) started the day with a three-shot lead on Stanford (64) but fell back with a double-bogey on the par-3 12th hole. She followed with a birdie and got another stroke back with a birdie on the final hole. "Yeah, didnt maybe click quite as well today, didnt hit it quite as close," Matthew said. "Had a lot of chances but just kind of left a few, and then a silly double on 12, kind of getting a bit greedy going for the hole and just pulled it. "Nice to come back with a couple birdies." Meena Lee of South Korea was three shots off the lead after a 65, while Swedens Anna Nordqvist shot a 67 and was five shots off the pace. South Koreas Inbee Park remained in contention after a 67, good for a ninth-place tie at 13 under. Park has won her last three tournaments. "I had a lot of opportunities today but missed a lot of putts," she said. "I mean I hit the ball the way I wanted to, thats the positive part to take away. Hopefully the putts will go in tomorrow." Lorena Ochoa was the last player to win four straight LPGA tournaments, accomplishing the feat in 2008. Nancy Lopez holds the tour record with five consecutive wins in 1978, a mark equalled by Annika Sorenstam over the 2004-05 seasons. The sunny, warm and breezy conditions held steady throughout the day on the 6,330-yard par-71 course. American Gerina Piller got things started early in the afternoon with a 62, taking a stroke off the competitive course record. Her mark lasted for about two hours. Park hit a slick four-foot tester for the 61 as the gallery roared its approval. She smiled, waved and tossed the souvenir ball into the grandstand. "Its anyones game," Piller said. "Like today if you get someone that gets hot with their putter and I mean, its a free for all. The course is in great condition. "Like I said the greens are soft, so thats kind of a green light for us as pros that we can just kind of throw darts and it makes it a whole lot easier." Jennifer Kirby (69) of Paris, Ont., was the top Canadian at 7 under. Charlottetowns Lorie Kane (70) and Brooke Henderson (71) of Smiths Falls, Ont., were next at 6 under and Hamiltons Alena Sharp (69) was at 5 under. Matthew said she believed anyone within seven strokes of the lead might have a chance on Sunday. Stanford, meanwhile, had predicted earlier in the tournament that the winning score would be in the 20-under range. Now she thinks 25 strokes under par might be needed. "We see a couple courses throughout the year that give up some birdies, but theyre the best players in the world and if you give them soft greens, its like letting, what, the kid go after candy," she said. Notes: The tournament purse is US$1.3 million. ... Sorenstam became the first LPGA Tour player to shoot 59 back in 2001 at a tour event in Phoenix. A score of 60 has been recorded on only four occasions, according to a tour spokesman. ... Nordqvist shot a 61 earlier this season at the LPGA Mobile Bay Classic last May. ... Warm and mostly sunny conditions are expected again Sunday although there is a chance of thunderstorms. Custom Philadelphia 76ers Jerseys . "I wrote 36 on my sheet at the beginning of the game," the Cincinnati coach said, referring the yard line the ball would need to be snapped from. Maurice Cheeks 76ers Jersey . -- Nathan Pancel scored twice as the Sudbury Wolves defeated the North Bay Battalion 4-2 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action. http://www.76ersprostore.info/Cheap-Dana-Barros-76ers-Jersey/ . -- Anaheim Ducks defenceman Luca Sbisa will be out at least six weeks with a torn tendon in his right hand. Moses Malone 76ers Jersey . LOUIS -- Rookie Tavon Austin has missed another day of practice, lessening the odds hell be ready for the St. Charles Barkley 76ers Jersey . In what the team had called a retirement, Ryan said Thursday that he is resigning as chief executive of the Rangers in a move effective at the end of this month. PARIS -- Andy Murray will hold the coveted No. 1 spot for the first time when the ATP rankings are published Monday after advancing to the Paris Masters final without playing a single point.Murray benefited from Milos Raonics withdrawal from the tournament -- just one hour before the big-serving Canadian was scheduled to take on the 29-year-old Briton in the semifinals on Saturday.Raonic said he withdrew because of a right leg injury he picked up during his quarterfinal win over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.This morning I had trouble waking up and getting out of bed ... Did some tests. Did an MRI half an hour ago, lets say. They found that I have a tear, Grade 1 tear in the right quad, Raonic said. Unfortunately, Im not able to compete against Andy today.Murray only needed to make the final in Paris to take top spot off Novak Djokovic. He is guaranteed to hold at least a five-point lead over Djokovic, who lost in the quarterfinals in Paris. Their fight for supremacy will resume in London at the ATP finals later this month.Murray faces American John Isner?in the Paris Masters final after the American hit 18 aces to defeat Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-3.Murray will become the first Briton to hold the top spot, no matter the result of Sundays final. He will also be the oldest first-time No. 1 since John Newcombe at age 30 in 1974, and the 26th player to reach No. 1 since the rankings started in 1973.It feels a little bit strange how its happened today and obviously unfortunate that Milos is injured, Murray said. To get to this stage is about 12 months of tournaments. The last few months have been the best of my career and Im very proud to get to this moment.Roger Federer?tweeted his congratuations to Murray on his ascent to No. 1 in the world rankings.Reaching the summit has been a long process for Murray, who has spent 76 weeks at No. 2, a position he reached for the first time in 2009.A turning point in the Scots career came when he hired Ivan Lendl as a coach in 2011. During their first stint together, Lendl managed to turn Murray from a four-time Grand Slam runner-up into a two-time major champion. Murray won Olympic gold in London in 2012 and the US Open title later the same year. In 2013, he became the first British man to triumph at Wimbledon in 77 years.Before winning the US Open, Murray was 0-4 in Grand Slam finals. Only one other man in the Open era, which began in 1968, lost his first four major titles matches _ Lendl.dddddddddddd The Czech-born baseline player then went on to win eight Grand Slam singles titles during a 17-year career, spending 270 weeks at No. 1 in the world rankings.Murray replaced Lendl with Amelie Mauresmo in 2014. Though the Frenchwoman helped him climb back up the rankings following back surgery, the partnership ended in May this year without any new major title. The Scot reunited with Lendl before Wimbledon, a week after Murray lost to Djokovic in the French Open final.The move paid off immediately as Murray claimed a second title at the All England Club and a second gold medal at the Rio Olympics. Last week in Vienna he won the Erste Bank Open for his third straight tournament and has a 45-3 match record since the French Open.I feel like getting to number one ... it wasnt about this week, or about last week. Its been many years of work to get here, Murray said. The most satisfying thing is its been such a difficult thing to do in my career.In the beginning of my career, I always wanted to win a Grand Slam, but now that Ive gotten older, getting to number one was something I have tried to do. I needed to improve my consistency and the last couple of seasons I have done that. Im happy to have done that.Djokovic held the top spot for 122 consecutive weeks. But after winning the French Open for the first time in June, his form has taken a dip. He lost in the third round at Wimbledon, and in the first round of the Olympics. At the U.S Open, he won the first set in the final but Stan Wawrinka rallied to beat him.Hes definitely a player who deserves that, Djokovic said about Murray on Friday. Undoubtedly, much respect for what he has done. We have known each other since very, very early days. We were, I think, 11 years old when we first played against each other. And to see how he has raised his level in the last 12 months is quite extraordinary.One person was quick to congratulate Murray on Saturday -- his mother Judy.Youve come a long way baby, Judy Murray tweeted, with an old photo of the two of them on a tennis court.The Associated Press and the Press Association contributed to this report. ' ' '