STILL THREE ZONES IN CONTENTION
It was far from a madding crowd on the
concourse of the Kegel Training Center
Friday morning to witness the opening
matches of the day, the ladies'
quarterfinals. Quite a shame, really, as
there were two sessions of excellent bowling
and some interesting tactics from the
participants.
Battle commenced with Kamilla Kjeldsen
of Denmark up against stalwart German
Martina Beckel. This best-of-three game
confrontation went all the way, the Dane
losing the first game but rising to
supremacy by clinching the next two. Beckel
chose to start on the long pattern for the
first and third games, short on the second.
"I'm feeling strong mentally and physically
today," said red-headed Kjeldsen. "Coach
Christer Backe said the right thing to me at
the right time. Now I'll take on anyone who
comes along. Although I made the first goal,
I was shaking like a leaf all through the
three games."
On adjacent lanes, defending champion
American Diandra Asbaty also chose to start
on the long against Sara Vargas of Colombia
and two games of 222 and 245 quickly settled
the issue over Vargas' 181 and 216.
"I made nearly 2002 over the eight games
yesterday so I'm feeling great and throwing
some good shots," commented Asbaty. "I know
how to bowl and am determined to keep
winning. I chose to start on the long oil
pattern today because I think that condition
is far more predictable."
The following quartet chose to commence play
on the short oil pattern, obvious in the
case of Reija Lunden of Finland as she had
dominated the field on that condition. Up
against the gritty Wendy Chai of Malaysia
things didn't quite work out to Lunden's
plans as Chai hit 217-227 to 186-199 to
advance to the semi's. "I would have chosen
the long pattern to start and I struggled a
lot in the first game," said Chai. "Luckily,
I managed to wrap it up over two games with
a much better score on the long, a pattern
that Lunden doesn't like so much."
Lastly, Sweden versus Colombia saw Helen
Johnsson and Clara Guerro go the full
distance. Johnsson took the first game,
201-172, but the Colombian came back to win
the next two, 202-182 and 192-174. "I would
have chosen the long oil pattern if I had
been the higher seed," said Guerro. "I found
the short oil pattern very hard and had to
make a lot of changes of balls and tactics
through the first game."
Now on to the semifinals where Wendy Chai
faces up to Diandra Asbaty and the other
match is Clara Guerro against Kamilla
Kjeldsen.
QUARTER FINALS:
Ladies - Match 1; Friday April 29, 09:00
Lanes 5 - 8:
| |
Name |
Nat. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Total |
|
Name |
Nat |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Total |
|
 |
Kamilla Kjeldsen |
DEN |
206 |
210 |
232 |
2 |
vs |
Martina Beckel |
GER |
211 |
205 |
|
1 |
 |
Match 2; 09:00
Lanes 9 - 12:
| |
Name |
Nat. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Total |
|
Name |
Nat |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Total |
|
 |
Diandra Asbaty |
USA |
222 |
245 |
|
2 |
vs |
Sara Vargas |
COL |
181 |
216 |
|
0 |
 |
Match 3; 11.00
Lanes 5 - 8
| |
Name |
Nat. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Total |
|
Name |
Nat |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Total |
|
 |
Reija Lunden |
FIN |
186 |
199 |
|
0 |
vs |
Wendy Chai |
MAS |
217 |
227 |
|
2 |
 |
Match 4; 11.00
Lanes 9 - 12
| |
Name |
Nat. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Total |
|
Name |
Nat |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Total |
|
 |
Helen Johnsson |
SWE |
201 |
182 |
174 |
1 |
vs |
Clara Guerro |
COL |
172 |
202 |
192 |
2 |
 |
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