(UPDATE) RIANNE Malixi cruised to the US Women's Amateur Match Play with a second straight 70 she secured with a late frontside birdie as she tied for 18th after the 36-hole stroke play qualifying at the Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles, California on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila).

She eventually took the No. 23 seeding, matching her tied for 24th placing in last month's US Girls' Junior in Colorado that saw her dispatch five rivals in varying fashions in the knockout stage before yielding a one-hole result to Fil-Am Kiara Romero in the 36-hole final.