MASTERS' - FINAL BLOCK:
 Yesterday's
first eight-game block of this year's
Malaysian Open Masters saw local bowlers
Daniel Lim and Zandra Aziela at the top of the
respective men's and ladies' leader boards.
Both are members of the highly respected
Malaysian Elite squad.
Lim has whizz-kid Choi Bok Eum on his tail.
The Korean youngster won the Youth Division of
the Malaysian Open yesterday, rolling ten
games with a 227 average, before switching to
the Open Division and another eight games.
Aziela is being challenged by two of her
compatriots, Siti Safiyah holds second place
and Esther Cheah is third in the overnight
standings. There will cetainly be keen
competition between this trio on the lanes
today.
Pic -L to R: Cheah, Aziela and
Safiyah.
A shock for Daniel Lim after the first two
games this morning. The overnight leader has
been deposed to fourth places as Joung Seong
Joo of Korea zoomed into the lead with 525.
Alex Liew's 474 held second place. Tim Mack
nearly lifted off bottom place with a 232 in
his second game and maybe, yes maybe, he will
start to work his way up the table over the
next few games, but in the stepladder finals?
No way.
The three Malaysian girls are still enjoying
their strikefest at the top of the ladies'
table and Cheah is putting on the pressure to
improve a place or two.
Wow! A 177 and a 236 has enabled Tim Mack
jump up two places, the first time he has been
off the bottom of the table since goodness
knows when. But wouldn't it be a fantastic if
Choi Bok Eum made the double of the Open and
the Boy's Open? Korea are one and two right
now and looking very strong.
Defending champion Alex Liew is still strongly
in contention for his place on the six-person
stepladder final and will certainly be the guy
to beat if he gets there.
Four Malaysians now ahead of defending ladies'
champion Diandra Asbaty. The fight in that
division now seems to be for sixth place.
Game 123 overall and a 280 from Korea's
Joung Seong Joo takes over the lead from
team-mate Choi Bok Eum. Then Jason Belmonte's
256 brought him to third. The three Malaysians
fill those vital fourth to sixth places, but
with three games yet to be completed nobody is
sure of a stepladder final place.
Daindra Asbaty is stringing together some
solid 200-plus games and looks set to get into
a strong position to defend her title
successfully but still has four Malaysians to
topple to get the prestigious number one seed
spot.
The first 300 in the Open came from the
tender hands of Zandra Aziela in game 14,
currently topping the ladies Open Masters'
table, now with a 3324 total pinfall, but
still being chased closely by her compatriots
in the Malaysian Elite squad. Status quo for
the top six on the distaff side for the
moment.
Jason Belmonte's 269 in game 14 gives him a
solid third place and it doesn't look as
though he's going to fade over the final
hurdles, as he did in last night's eight-game
block.
If you're watching the progress of Tim Mack,
he's come to life and has advanced to 29th
place.
Just two more games to go and then the
decision can also be made as to who will
represent Malaysia and the Rest of the World
in tomorrow's prestigious Canon Cup.
Going into the last game it looks as though
the battle is for sixth place in the men's
division and Hong Kong's Wu Siu Hong has to
beat Zulmazran Zulkifli by 20 pins to get into
the stepladder finale.
Diandra Asbaty has booked her place and it
could be Malaysia, USA and Singapore to
contest the laurels.
Wu Siu Hong's bid for the sixth place ended
in a tie with Zulmazran Zulkifli and a
one-game roll-off will decide who goes
forward, so the final standings await that
result.
The six ladies' in the stepladder are, in
order of seed, Zandra Aziela, Siti Safiyah
Amirah, Zatil Iman, Diandra Asbaty, Daphne Tan
and Esther Cheah.
That vital sixth place on the men's stepladder
goes to Wu Siu Hong, 254-236 in the roll-off.
|
Men's Open Masters Finals |
 |
|
 |
|
Pos |
Bowler |
B/F |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
Score |
Total |
Ave |
|
1 |
JOUNG SEONG JOO |
1848 |
246 |
279 |
180 |
259 |
280 |
223 |
248 |
192 |
1907 |
3755 |
234.69 |
|
KOREA/STORM |
|
2 |
CHOI BOK EUM |
1861 |
216 |
245 |
279 |
216 |
223 |
244 |
227 |
234 |
1884 |
3745 |
234.06 |
|
KOREA/BOWLING CAMP |
|
3 |
JASON BELMONTE |
1844 |
199 |
236 |
211 |
226 |
256 |
269 |
235 |
258 |
1890 |
3734 |
233.38 |
|
AUS/SUNWAY LAGOON |
|
4 |
DANIEL LIM |
1889 |
202 |
222 |
225 |
200 |
213 |
238 |
195 |
223 |
1718 |
3607 |
225.44 |
|
MAS/NAT. ELITE |
|
5 |
ALEX LIEW |
1848 |
196 |
278 |
199 |
243 |
180 |
203 |
223 |
226 |
1748 |
3596 |
224.75 |
|
MAS/NAT. ELITE |
|
6 |
WU SIU HONG |
1771 |
181 |
236 |
237 |
236 |
201 |
197 |
278 |
237 |
1803 |
3574 |
223.38 |
|
HKG/HKTBC |
|
7 |
ZULMAZRAN ZULKIFLI |
1790 |
202 |
255 |
234 |
230 |
223 |
212 |
205 |
223 |
1784 |
3574 |
223.38 |
|
MAS/NAT. ELITE |
|
8 |
AARON KONG |
1743 |
226 |
247 |
246 |
227 |
199 |
220 |
215 |
234 |
1814 |
3557 |
222.31 |
|
MAS/NAT. ELITE |
|
9 |
KIM JIN HAN |
1818 |
197 |
232 |
160 |
225 |
197 |
227 |
270 |
223 |
1731 |
3549 |
221.81 |
|
KOREA/BOWLING CAMP |
|
10 |
HAN JAE HO |
1753 |
227 |
181 |
236 |
170 |
246 |
258 |
257 |
184 |
1759 |
3512 |
219.50 |
|
KOREA/BOWLING CAMP |
|
11 |
YOUSEF AL-JABER |
1775 |
200 |
230 |
254 |
160 |
235 |
170 |
204 |
236 |
1689 |
3464 |
216.50 |
|
QATAR |
|
12 |
CHESTER KING |
1728 |
224 |
194 |
233 |
248 |
236 |
191 |
194 |
193 |
1713 |
3441 |
215.06 |
|
PHILIPPINES |
|
13 |
SAEED AL-HAJRI |
1778 |
224 |
196 |
169 |
197 |
198 |
237 |
216 |
225 |
1662 |
3440 |
215.00 |
|
QATAR |
|
14 |
ADRIAN ANG |
1732 |
176 |
193 |
200 |
257 |
232 |
186 |
224 |
217 |
1685 |
3417 |
213.56 |
|
MAS/NAT. ELITE |
|
15 |
JONATHAN LIM |
1766 |
171 |
139 |
246 |
213 |
245 |
234 |
195 |
201 |
1644 |
3410 |
213.13 |
|
MAS/NAT. BACKUP |
|
16 |
TOM HAHL |
1696 |
225 |
213 |
162 |
222 |
192 |
222 |
212 |
257 |
1705 |
3401 |
212.56 |
|
FINLAND |
|
17 |
MOHD NEOR SAID |
1673 |
267 |
201 |
187 |
211 |
200 |
226 |
181 |
237 |
1710 |
3383 |
211.44 |
|
MAS/NAT. ELITE |
|
18 |
CYRUS CHEUNG |
1757 |
189 |
197 |
218 |
204 |
169 |
224 |
221 |
203 |
1625 |
3382 |
211.38 |
|
HKG/HKTBC |
|
19 |
ZAID IZLAN |
1686 |
181 |
160 |
244 |
205 |
202 |
239 |
222 |
202 |
1655 |
3341 |
208.81 |
|
MAS/NAT. BACKUP |
|
20 |
AZIDI AMERAN |
1687 |
187 |
204 |
171 |
202 |
191 |
201 |
256 |
234 |
1646 |
3333 |
208.31 |
|
MAS/PIN JUNCTION |
|
21 |
MUSTAFA YASSIN |
1650 |
231 |
174 |
214 |
191 |
220 |
199 |
211 |
181 |
1621 |
3271 |
204.44 |
|
MAS/SELANGOR |
|
22 |
SYAFIQ RIDHWAN |
1632 |
188 |
244 |
171 |
198 |
206 |
188 |
195 |
199 |
1589 |
3221 |
201.31 |
|
MAS/NAT. BACKUP |
|
23 |
ISAAC RUSSELL |
1588 |
195 |
225 |
220 |
186 |
224 |
183 |
179 |
195 |
1607 |
3195 |
199.69 |
|
MAS/NAT. BACKUP |
|
24 |
BEN HUNG |
1633 |
179 |
204 |
172 |
167 |
189 |
260 |
192 |
195 |
1558 |
3191 |
199.44 |
|
CHINESE TAIPEI |
|
25 |
YANNAPHON L |
1657 |
138 |
193 |
183 |
164 |
217 |
224 |
186 |
221 |
1526 |
3183 |
198.94 |
|
THAILAND |
|
26 |
TIM MACK |
1436 |
186 |
232 |
177 |
236 |
228 |
235 |
208 |
229 |
1731 |
3167 |
197.94 |
|
USA/SUNWAY LAGOON |
|
27 |
KELVIN KEONG |
1547 |
188 |
211 |
212 |
152 |
215 |
218 |
199 |
223 |
1618 |
3165 |
197.81 |
|
MAS/SELANGOR |
|
28 |
KIM KO WOON |
1548 |
220 |
171 |
228 |
160 |
223 |
223 |
202 |
187 |
1614 |
3162 |
197.63 |
|
KOREA |
|
29 |
SHAKER AL-HASSAN |
1563 |
216 |
199 |
236 |
187 |
190 |
193 |
176 |
197 |
1594 |
3157 |
197.31 |
|
UAE |
|
30 |
JACK WONG |
1634 |
181 |
158 |
147 |
197 |
142 |
248 |
223 |
223 |
1519 |
3153 |
197.06 |
|
SINGAPORE/YKK |
|
31 |
SYAHEREZA FAJRIN |
1637 |
162 |
149 |
213 |
154 |
174 |
212 |
203 |
226 |
1493 |
3130 |
195.63 |
|
MAS/NAT. BACKUP |
|
32 |
CARL DE VRIES |
1540 |
199 |
196 |
165 |
192 |
220 |
203 |
205 |
198 |
1578 |
3118 |
194.88 |
|
SINGAPORE/SBF |
|
33 |
TENGKU AFNAN |
1683 |
173 |
183 |
161 |
167 |
190 |
169 |
192 |
190 |
1425 |
3108 |
194.25 |
|
KEDAH |
|
34 |
TERDPORN M |
1564 |
167 |
182 |
190 |
186 |
203 |
173 |
192 |
212 |
1505 |
3069 |
191.81 |
|
THAILAND |
|
35 |
WANG TIEN FU |
1589 |
168 |
191 |
131 |
161 |
205 |
216 |
169 |
223 |
1464 |
3053 |
190.81 |
|
CHINESE TAIPEI |
|
36 |
JAMAL AL- ALI |
1636 |
179 |
155 |
180 |
137 |
179 |
166 |
181 |
232 |
1409 |
3045 |
190.31 |
|
UAE |
|
37 |
MUHD NUR AIMAN |
1478 |
222 |
157 |
233 |
194 |
193 |
224 |
177 |
150 |
1550 |
3028 |
189.25 |
|
MAS/NAT. BACKUP |
|
38 |
RYAN LALISANG |
1546 |
173 |
157 |
184 |
194 |
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