Q. Miranda Wang, great playing today.
MIRANDA WANG: Thank you very much.
Q. 6-under. As of this moment, you moved up 107 spots on the leaderboard. First of all, what was going well today? Seven birdies; that's playing great golf.
MIRANDA WANG: So, well, my putting was really good today. I'm going to give my putter the most credit. I made I think three birdies out of 20 feet. Yeah, so longest one was like near 40 feet. Yeah.
Q. Wow.
MIRANDA WANG: Didn't expect them to go in, but, yeah, just had really good line and really good distance control today.
Q. So you mentioned to me just before we started this little interview that your didn't hit balls two days before.
MIRANDA WANG: Yeah, because I hurt my neck and shoulder in practice round two days before the tournament. Yeah, and I felt a cramp when I was walking on No. 3, so I immediately just like -- I have to take a rest.
I found a therapist that day. His name is Francisco. He works here. He's really helpful, and helped getting back.
Well, actually, yeah, because I didn't practice for two days before the tournament, yesterday in the morning, warming up, it was the first time hitting full swing and not knowing what's going to be like.
So I was trying to take it easy.
Q. Yeah.
MIRANDA WANG: Not stressing out too much.
Q. That's good.
MIRANDA WANG: Uh-huh.
Q. Talk about the difference; you moved up 107 spots as of this moment.
MIRANDA WANG: Oh, my God.
Q. That's a lot of spots.
MIRANDA WANG: Yeah.
Q. Which means first day wasn't quite how you probably wanted to play? Tell what that many spots...
MIRANDA WANG: No, honestly I was not hitting bad yesterday. I just hit one bad shot, and unfortunately it kicked left 20 yards and went out of bounds for this much.
Pretty unfortunate, but I only the hit one bad shot. Even though I was 5-over yesterday I was pretty confident with myself. I know that it's going not that bad.
Q. Yeah. Can you talk about just when you look at a four-day event, no cut, so not getting too -- like you said, you knew you were playing well; the score didn't necessarily reflect how good you were playing.
MIRANDA WANG: Exactly.
Q. How important is it to stay positive and locked in?
MIRANDA WANG: Because, well, I would say I'm pretty experienced with four-round tournaments. First Epson Tour I played I finish in top 10. It was a four-round tournament.
So coming like a four-round tournament with no cut, I was like, I just -- I know the rhythm to play four rounds. So, yeah, I just take it easy on the first two rounds. Not to stress out too much.
Q. What's the plan for the rest of the day and the plan for tomorrow's round?
MIRANDA WANG: I still need to work on my neck. Do some massage therapy and just take some rest. I'm hitting well and my putting is well. Short game really good yesterday and today.
So I think my game is okay. Just need to get my body ready for the last two rounds.
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