Sixteen of
the 24 qualifying games have now been completed in
the 6th World Ranking Masters, the
women’s squad today rolling eight games on the
long oil condition.
Still
at the top of the leader board is lithe Tanya
Petty of Germany with an overall total of 3503, 83
pins ahead of Malaysia’s Zandra Aziela and with
fellow countrywoman Shalin Zulkifli in third, 21
pins aback.
Zulkifli won
the US $1,000 squad prize for the long oil pattern
with a score of 1796, an average of 225, but this
was not enough to overhaul Petty’s 16-game total.
”I’m pleasantly surprised to still be the
tournament leader,” exclaimed Petty after the 16
game score was published. “I usually have a
problem with the long oil pattern but I was very
happy to shoot 1707 today. I’m a bit apprehensive
about the combination pattern tomorrow. I have
never bowled with one lane on short oil and the
other on long.”
Zulkifli commented: “I used to be better on short
oil, rather than the long pattern, but I have been
working hard on my game and that showed today. I
should have done better on the short oil yesterday
but I didn’t use the right ball and also didn’t
make the right adjustments. I do think that the
long pattern here is a bit too long for women
bowlers. If it was just a little shorter I am sure
that we would get a lot more carry.”
Pic: Tanya Petty and
Shalin Zulkifli.
