Narisara navigates career-best round

Thailand's Narisara Kerdrit set a blistering pace in Thursday's opening round of the China LPGA Tour's Le Coq Sportif Beijing Ladies Classic at the Oriental Pearl Country Club.

Narisara fired a career-best 9-under 63 to take a two-shot lead over Chinese teenager Shi Yuting, who carded a 65. South Korea's Na Hee-won sits third, one stroke back.

The 26-year-old Narisara beat her previous best round by two strokes in a red-hot display that included eight birdies, an eagle two on the 320-yard fifth hole and a bogey.