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WOMEN'S OPEN MASTERS: The 33 Masters Finalists will play 16 games (8 games in Round 1 and 8 games in Round 2). Top 6 bowlers after 16 games will qualify for step-ladder in Round 3.

           Round 1 – 33 Bowlers will bowl 8 games

                     Round 2 – 33 Bowlers will bowl another 8 games. The scores of Round 1 will be carried forward. At the end of the Round 2 based on 16 games total, top 6 bowlers will qualify for Round 3.

                      Round 3  - The 4^th, 5^th & 6^th placed bowlers will bowl one game. Winner with the highest score will qualify to meet 2^nd and 3^rd placed bowlers for another one game competition. The winner with the highest score will then qualify to meet the 1^st placed bowler in a one plus one games step-ladder grand finals. In the event the 1^st placed bowler wins the 1^st game, she will be declared the Champion. If the 1^st placed bowler looses the 1^st game, there will be one more game (sudden death) roll off on scratch to decide the Champion.

                       The above one game play-off in the first & second matches is only to determine the bowler who will move up to challenge the top qualifier. The maximum a bowler could drop is one position. The maximum a bowler could move up is two positions unless he/she moves into the next match.

THE SPINNERS SET THE TARGET

Chien Hsiu-Lan, 24, of Chinese Taipei (pictured) set the pace after the first eight of the grueling 16-game stint of the Ladies' Open Masters, averaging 214.56. With just five year's bowling experience, she leads a talented field of international players and currently holds a 20-pin buffer over Siti Khadijah of Selangor, with England's Zara Glover, the World Championship triple-gold medalist, in third place.
Slim student Chien was ranked seventh last year of the Asian Bowling Tour in Thailand and has one perfect game to her credit. Of course, she is one of those unique 'helicopter' style players, spinning her eleven pound ball to amazing effect.
Third-placed Glover suffered with two sub-200 games at the end of today's session, saying: "The lanes are very difficult to read when you follow a lot of the girls who are 'spinners'. I tried to bowl outside, but that didn't work. At times I'm getting very confused."
Another player with similar problems is America's Diandra Asbaty. She commented: "I'm not finding this very easy, but I'm still within 100 pins of the lead, so I'm going to do a lot better over the final eight games tomorrow."

#	NAME	SPONSOR	COUNTRY	G1	G2	SUB	POS	G3	G4	SUB	POS	G5	G6	SUB	POS	G7	G8	TOTAL	POS	AVG
1	CHIEN HSIU-LAN		TPE	228	181	409	7	233	224	866	2	184	197	1247	3	255	205	1707	1	214.56
2	SITI KHADIJAH	STBA	MAS/SEL	248	254	502	1	168	226	896	1	204	197	1297	2	203	187	1687	2	212.56
3	ZARA GLOVER		ENG	223	257	480	2	190	186	856	3	236	212	1304	1	166	173	1643	3	203.22
4	TSAI HSIN-YI		TPE	224	216	440	4	191	155	786	12	225	215	1226	5	202	189	1617	4	202.13
5	WANG YU-LING		TPE	197	158	355	26	226	207	788	11	230	204	1222	6	192	202	1616	5	202.00
6	SHALIN ZULKIFLI	NAT. SQ. /MTBC	MAS/SEL	203	175	378	17	213	231	822	5	195	166	1183	9	213	205	1601	6	200.13
7	WENDY CHAI	NAT. SQ. /MTBC	MAS	187	171	358	25	202	202	762	16	186	179	1127	23	238	236	1601	7	200.13
8	ALICE TAY	STBC	SIN	187	218	405	9	211	181	797	10	194	214	1205	7	158	226	1589	8	198.63
9	HAPPY SOEDIYONO	JAYA ANCOL BOWL	INA	194	178	372	20	175	256	803	8	206	232	1241	4	191	157	1589	9	198.63
10	LOW POH LIAN	STORM BOWL TRADE	MAS/SEL	216	176	392	11	214	200	806	7	186	171	1163	12	213	200	1576	10	197.00
11	LIANG YA-PING		TPE	190	214	404	10	167	185	756	17	216	222	1194	8	188	190	1572	11	196.50
12	PAN YU-FEN		TPE	190	196	386	13	182	170	738	24	210	205	1153	15	187	224	1564	12	195.50
13	SHARON KOH	MTBC/2010 SQ.	MAS	155	179	334	31	183	179	696	28	225	192	1113	25	224	214	1551	13	193.88
14	VANESSA FUNG		HKG	202	205	407	8	181	213	801	9	148	196	1145	17	169	237	1551	14	193.88
15	PUTTY ARMEIN	JAYA ANCOL BOWL	INA	160	215	375	18	195	194	764	15	199	179	1142	18	192	213	1547	15	193.38
16	JENNIFER TAN	STBC	SIN	179	205	384	14	178	193	755	18	223	192	1170	11	190	182	1542	16	192.75
17	ZANDRA AZIELA	NAT. SQ. /MTBC	MAS	176	212	388	12	193	167	748	21	211	171	1130	21	188	211