 Sami Konsteri Sami Konsteri of Finland, who topped the first and third squads, went into the quarter-final as topseed and matched against eighth-seed, Hussain Al-Suwaidi of UAE. The Finn outclassed his opponent, 238-162 in the first match to go 1-0 up in the best of 3 matches knockout round. Photo Gallery: May 4
Konsteri booked his semi-final spot after edging the Emirati, 205-203 and a 2-0 win. Second-seed, Lucas Legnani of Argentina was ousted by seventh-seed, Jari Ratia of Finland, 178-196 and 175-211 over two straight matches. Fifth-seed, Zulmazran Zulkifli went into the decider after tieing one-all with Denmark's Jasper Agerbo. Zulmazran took the first match, 225-181 but lost 208-234 in the second. But the Malaysian made no mistake to take the third, 208-195 to advance into the semi-final. Perhaps the cruest of the quarter-final matches was Qatar's Mubarak Al-Muraikhi against local hopeful, Ryan Lalisang. The Qatari won 215-201 in the first match but lost to the Indonesian, 208-234 in the second. Mubarak looked set to clinch the decider when all he need was a 8 or 9-pin spare in the final frame but shot a 5-pin split to lose 167-171 to Lalisang and his spot in the semi-final. Konsteri will meet fellow compatriot in the all-Finn first semi-final while Lalisang will meet Zulmazran in the other semi.  Karen Marcano A series of misses and splits from the Indonesian gave Marcano an easy victory to confirm her place in the next round with a 2-1 victory. Second-seed, Shalin Zulkifli of Malaysia was also forced into the third and decider but her opponent, Diana Zavjalova prevailed and took victory 2-1 over the Malaysian. Squad A and third-seed, Tannya Roumimper had no answer for Malaysia's Wendy Chai in the third quater-final. Chai edged Tannya, 203-201 and outclassed her younger opponent, 211-136 to advance to the semi-final. The final semi-final spot went to Squad B leader, Krista Pollanen of Finland after she disposed off Venezuela's Alicia R. Marcano, 2-0 with 215-166 and 244-210. Pollanen will meet sixth-seed, Wendy Chai while the topseed, Karen Marcano will meet Diana Zabjalova in the other semi. Photos by Terence Yaw. |
