ROUND ONE SUMMARY:

Ryan Lalisang of Jakarta, Indonesia (pictured) kept his home country flag flying by maintaining his pole position through the final eight games of matchplay, holding a healthy 112 point buffer over the strong challenge of Hong Kong's wonderkid Wu Sui Hong.

Despite being the frontrunner, Lalisang said: "I used a different hand position today and that gave me better pin carry. I didn't need to change bowling balls but I did slow my speed down a little. Who would I like to play against in the quarterfinal? I think a match against Joonee Gatchalian of Philippines would be a good one."

Well, Lalisang got his wish as Gatchalian drew him in the next round and this will be one of the televised matches on Saturday afternoon. The other will be Daniel Lim of Malaysia against aforementioned Wu Sui Hong, a very tasty dish to put in front of the lucky viewers.

A packed concourse cheered to the rafters this afternoon when Filipino Tyrone Ongpauco hit the Tour's second perfect game, his lucky 13th game of this final. Unfortunately, he finished in 15th place on a 208 average overall.

The full draw and results available on the 'Top 8 Men' and 'Top 8 Ladies' pages of this site.

A very handy total of 705 scratch over her last three games saw Sarah Yap of Malaysia (pictured) take over pole position at the close of the ladies' matchplay, outpointing previous leaders Wendy Chai of Malaysia and Filipina Liza Del Rosario.

"I decided to change my bowling area today," Yap said. "I was bowling the wrong line yesterday and I learned from that mistake and today I knew what I had to do. I was really surprised to have finished as the number one. I looked around at the scores towards the end of the game and didn't think that I had taken over the lead, but now I'm very comfortable in the top eight."

The scheduled televised ladies' matches Saturday afternoon will open with Shalin Zulkifli of Malaysia against Filipina Irene Benitez and then local hero Putty Armein will face Malaysia's Wendy Chai. The winners of those matches will advance to the semifinals on Sunday afternoon.

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