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The highlight of play so far on this bright and sunny Sunday was, of course, the brilliant perfect game by Sweden's Martin Blixt, finishing off his second round of the day with a victory over past national team member Par Svensson, three games to two in the best-of-five series. This was the first perfecto this year for a man, the only other was rolled by Linda Haglund on Friday.

But there were a lot of interesting and close-fought matches during the morning's play, along with the usual bunch of surprises. Young Magnus Zachrisson, also from Sweden, was in focus for a while as he was the last survivor of the Desperado squad, qualifying eventually in 43rd place and beaten in round four by Svein Roger Olson of Norway, 3-1.

Three matches in the first round of the day, and the third of the best-of-five finals, went the full distance, but four matches were quickly decided over three games. Plenty of high games were posted on the scoreboards, the highest being a 278 from Soren Aahman of Denmark until Blixt took to the lanes and hit his 300.

Without criticizing the talents of England's Stuart Williams, it came as a surprise that he took out American David Haynes in just three games. He now advances to play Peder Jacobsson of Sweden in the next round, the stint that features the top eight qualifiers taking on the remaining field.

It was an unfortunate draw that put Swedish team members Anders (Linus) Ohman and Martin Larsen against one another. This, too, went the distance and saw a high-scoring confrontation eventually go to Larsen, 3-2.

There's an air of high-pitched excitement within the luxurious Lovvang Bowling Center this afternoon as the top seeds display their extraordinary talents and muster for the honor of top place on the podium after the grueling semi finals and final on TV.

FINALS STEP 3:

Seed

Name

Nat.

Won

#17	Ulf Olleby	SWE	207	191	210	224	193	2
#43	Magnus Zachrisson	SWE	224	254	207	209	236	3

#18	David Haynes	USA	169	220	206	X	X	3
#42	Jouni Kemppainen	SWE	148	181	183	X	X	0

#19	Mikael Kanold	SWE	257	237	237	X	X	3
#41	Christel Carlsson	SWE	207	215	221	X	X	0

#20	Reija Lunden*	FIN	195	223	222	197	216	2
#35	Soren Aahmen	DEN	235	214	269	196	278	3

#21	Dick Dreyer	GER	215	194	145	X	X	0
#32	Anders Ohman	SWE	217	237	199	X	X	3

#22	Jesper Agerbro	DEN	232	199	235	X	X	3
#27	Peter Roos	SWE	162	193	225	X	X	0

#23	Mats Olsson	SWE	191	188	213	220	200	2
#26	Par Svensson	SWE	255	209	184	204	223	3

#24	Kimmo Lehtonen	FIN	223	216	192	225	X	3
#25	Tanya Petty	GER	197	216	221	213	X	1

STEP 4:

#9	Sven Roger Olson	NOR	175	268	212	223	x	3
#43	Magnus Zachrisson	SWE	234	235	207	202	x	1

Magnus Zachrisson
Last Desperado survivor

#10	Jari Ratia	FIN	267	242	184	226	199	2
#35	Soren Aahman	DEN	189	212	236	258	238	3

#11	Martin Larsen	SWE	214	215	197	248	233	3
#32	Anders Ohman	SWE	236	213	184	268	189	2

#12	Martin Blixt	SWE	234	229	156	225	300	3
#26	Par Svensson	SWE	179	224	257	268	192	2

Blixt - the 300 man

#13	Jussi Turtiainen	FIN	248	200	202	x	x	0
#24	Kimmo Lehtonen	FIN	266	204	216	x	x	3

#14	Petter Hansen	NOR	221	212	257	213	x	3
#22	Jesper Agerbo	DEN	245	201	207	196	x	1

#15	Tobias Karlsson	SWE	220	205	212	243	216	3
#19	Mikael Kanold	SWE	226	224	181	214	203	2

#16	Stuart Williams	ENG	255	245	191	x	x	3
#18	David Haynes	USA	241	192	174	x	x	0

STEP 5:

#1	Helen Johnsson*	SWE	232	245	256	200	212	2
#35	Soren Aahman	DEN	200	245	172	217	236	3

#2	Tore Torgersen	NOR	183	212	158	208	x	1
#24	Kimmo Lehtonen	FIN	182	234	228	212	x	3

#3	Peder Jacobsson	SWE	205	170	225	x	x	0
#16	Stuart Williams	ENG	279	243	231	x	x	3

#4	Linda Haglund*	SWE	222	185	199	x	x	0
#15	Tobias Karlsson	SWE	244	227	258	x	x	3

#5	Petri Mannonen	FIN	201	208	193	x	x	0
#14	Petter Hansen	NOR	203	222	243	x	x	3

#6	Tomas Leandersson	SWE	229	229	259	x	x	3
#12	Martin Blixt	SWE	211	178	179	x	x	0

#7	Lars Nielsen	DEN	238	204	247	219	245	2
#11	Martin Larsen	SWE	204	279	235	227	258	3

#8	Henrik Klujeff	DEN	214	171	169	x	x	0
#9	Svein Roger Olsen	NOR	220	196	229	x	x	3

STEP 6:

#6	Tomas Leandersson	SWE	230	225	212	243	x	3
#35	Soren Aahman	DEN	225	234	178	234	x	1

#9	Svein Roger Olsen	NOR	225	191	182	178	x	1
#24	Kimmo Lehtonen	FIN	235	179	186	234	x	3

#11	Martin Larsen	SWE	187	202	214	x	x	0
#16	Stuart Williams	ENG	242	211	238	x	x	3

#14	Petter Hansen	NOR	238	247	269	216	x	1
#15	Tobias Karlsson	SWE	208	258	300	225	x	3

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