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Boulter, 28, is full of confidence after a successful seven-week stint in Asia, where she reached the Tokyo semi-finals before going a step further by finishing runner-up in Hong Kong.

The movie won the Grand Prix at Cannes earlier this year, runner-up to Sean Baker’s “Anora,” a movie that seems destined to earn its filmmaker a long-overdue Oscar nomination.

Elsewhere, Dimitri van den Bergh finished runner-up to Littler after a 5-1 demolition of Keane Barry while Mike De Decker claimed a 5-0 whitewash over Michael Smith to secure second spot in Group E.

When Canter booked that runner-up spot at the end of last year he was ranked a lowly 253 in the world.

Song was on the Team USA Junior Solheim Cup team in September and was the runner-up at the CIF state finals last year at Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach.