Anirban pulls off top-10 finish, Zanotti crowned champion

YOUNG SHUBHANKAR FINISHED TIED NINTH FOR HIS THIRD SUCCESSIVE TOP 10 FINISH AND FOURTH INSIDE TOP 11

PET A LING JAY A( MALAYSIA ): Anirban Lahiri finished tied seventh and left Malaysia with a feeling that it should have been way better at the Maybank Malaysian Championships as five Indians achieved a top 20 finish here on Sunday.

Rounding off the week with four-under 68, he also got first glimpse of young Shubhankar Sharma from close quarters as they played the final round together.

Shubhankar (69) made up for a difficult first 10 holes at oneover, by playing his last seven in four-under, including three birdies in last three holes.

He was tied ninth for his third successive top 10 finish and fourth inside top 11.

As many as five Indians finished in top 20 with Shiv Kapur (70) and Rashid Khan (69) tied for 12th at nine-under, while Gaganjeet Bhullar (72) was tied 20th at eight-under.

Chiragh Kumar (71) was T-41st and Jyoti Randhawa (71) was tied 59th.

The 33-year-old Paraguayan Fabrizio Zanotti (63), starting the day final six shots behind leader, Danny Willett, had a dream finish with birdie and an eagle.

He played his last six holes in five-under with three birdies and a 12-foot eagle to get to 19-under and he beat David Lipsky (67) by one shot.