Hamburg, May 17 -- Indian golfer Avani Prashanth slipped down the leaderboard after a difficult third round at the 2026 German Masters on Saturday, while Germany's Alexandra Forsterling surged into a commanding position heading into the final day of the Ladies European Tour (LET) event in Hamburg, according to a release.

Playing in testing conditions at the Green Eagle Golf Courses, Avani carded an eight-over 81 on Saturday to fall to nine-over-par after 54 holes. The Indian youngster had shown tremendous fighting spirit earlier in the tournament, recovering from an opening-round 78 with a superb four-under 69 in the second round to comfortably make the cut.

Avani was the lone Indian golfer to qualify for the weekend after Pranavi Urs m...