The individual skeet qualifying rounds began today ©Getty Images

Turkey's Nur Banu Ozpak was the best shooter in her home town as the skeet competitions began at the shotgun International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Grand Prix.

The 26-year-old shot a combined score of 49 in the opening two rounds to top the standings at the end of the first day in Konya.

Just one point behind was the experienced Katiuscia Spada of Italy, who missed the same shot on each round to place second.

Tied third were Senegal's Chiara Coasta and Eman Al Shamaa of Kuwait, who both shot back-to-back rounds of 23.

There were two shooters with perfect scores in the men's individual skeet, world number five Saif Bin Futais of the United Arab Emirates and Italy's Niccolo Sodi.

Turkey's Nur Banu Ozpak shot a combined score of 49 in the opening two rounds today ©Getty Images
Turkey's Nur Banu Ozpak shot a combined score of 49 in the opening two rounds today ©Getty Images

Qatar's Rashid Saleh Al-Athba, who won the ISSF Grand Prix gold in Rabat last year, was tied third with Mohammad Aldaihani of Kuwait on 49.

In an extremely strong field, ten shooters all tied fifth after only dropping two shots, including 2022 Asian Games gold medallist Masoud Saleh Al-Athba.

Two more rounds will be contested in men's and women's events tomorrow morning, before the medals are decided in both individual finals in the afternoon.

The Grand Prix will draw to a close on Tuesday (June 21) with the skeet mixed team final.