25th October, Jakarta: Second-seed, Michael Mak of Hong Kong was denied his first international Open title after losing to topseed, Benshir Layoso of Philippines, in the second deciding title match of the 13th Indonesia International Open.
Layoso, who ended the Stage 2 finals with an eight-game total of 2040 to advance to the stepladder finals as topseed, lost to challenger, Michael Mak of Hong Kong, 196-217 in the first match forcing a second decider.
The 45-year-old Filipino had an opened frame in the first but bounced back with a double in the third and fourth frames as Mak failed to spare two consecutive frames in the fourth and fifth.
When Layoso had big split in the seventh frame, Mak must have thought he had a chance to close the gap. But the 20-year-old ABF Tour Macau leg champion just could not roll as many strikes as in the first match.
Michael Mak settling for first runner-up
The topseed went on to strike home in the tenth frame to win the match and take the title with 202-162. He also picked up the top prize of 150 million Indonesian rupiah (approx. US$11,000). Mak, who had earlier edged third-seed, Yeri Ramadona of Indonesia and winner of the first match, Alex Liew, 226-210-215, settled for 100 million rupiah.
Fifth-seed and three-time Indonesia Open champion, Liew narrowly won the first match by defeating fourth-seed, Hengki Suasanto of Indonesia and sixth-seed Lee Tak Man of Macau, 194-180-176 to advance to the second match. Hong Kong's Wicky Yeung, who was fifth in yesterday's Stage 1, ended in a disappointing 21st position.
Meanwhile, topseed Nadia Pramanik became the third Indonesian and the youngest-ever to have captured Women's crown of the Indonesia Open. But it was no easy victory as she was forced into a second deciding match after losing to challenger, Bernice Lim of Singapore.
The defending champion edged Nadia, 257-246 in the first match but when the Singaporean struggled to repeat the form displayed in the first match, the 20-year-old Indonesian took advantage of it to cruise to a 214-186 victory.
Nadia earned 70 million rupiah for the win while Lim, who had earlier breezed past second-seed, Alisha Imam of Malaysia and winner of the first match, Novie Phang, 240-135-171 in the second match to challenge for the title, took home 35 million rupiah.
Phang clinched the first match with victory over fourth-seed, Aldila Indryati and six-seed, Puteri Astari, 192-158-184 in an all-Indonesian first women's stepladder match.
Milki Ng missing the cut by just 20 pins
The champion had earlier topped the Stage 2 finals with 1793, 45 pins ahead of Alisha in second with 1748 and Lim in third with 1735. The three remaining spots went to Indonesians Aldila, Novie and Puteri.
Hong Kong's Milki Ng narrowly missed the stepladder cut by 20 pins after finishing in seventh position with 1636. Chan Shuk Han took 10th position with 1618 and Joan Cheng 16th with 1534.
The top 16 Asian men and top 8 Asian women qualified for the ABF Tour Indonesia leg which will ne held tomorrow at 11.00am at Jaya Ancol Bowling Centre. Hong Kong has two men and two women qualifying for the tour.
Photos by Terence Yaw in Jakarta.
24th October, Jakarta: Four Hong Kong National bowlers made the cut for the Women's and Men's Open Stage 2 finals of the 13th Indonesia International Open with an outstanding performance from Milki Ng by finishing second.
Indonesia's Aldila Indryati and Alisha Nabila set the opening pace when they tool first and second positions in their opening game. But their lead was short-lived as 2014 ABF Tour TOC winner, Chan Shuk Han shot into the lead after the second game.
Chan too could not retain her lead after Macau's Hui Tong took a brief lead in the third game. Indonesia's Ivana Hie took over the running at the halfway mark and held it for another game before Milki Ng shot a stunning game of 269 to move into the lead.
Ng kept the lead after the seventh game and had a 47 pins cushio over Indonesia's Puteri Astari and Novie Phang in third, a further three pins away.
Milki Ng finishing second in Stage 1 finals
Phang shot a big game of 236 to overhaul Ng for top spot with a total of 1668. Ng settled for second with 1667, just one pin adrift. Puteri finished third with 1661. Ivana fourth with 1606 and a fourth Indonesian, Putty Armein completed the top five with 1605.
Chan made the cut in sixth position and Joan Chen 11th. Zoe Tam missed the cut ending in 19th position. The top 15 will be joined by the three local and three overseas seeded qualifiers for another eight games in tomorrow's Stage 2 finals.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong's Wicky Yeung ended the stage with a stunning 279 to finish in the top five with 1825. Malaysians dominated the stage with three-time Indonesia Open champion, Alex Liew winning with 1880.
2015 ABF Tour Hong Kong second runner-up, Syaffique Ikhwan edged compatriot, Adrian Ang for second position with 1872 while Ang took third spot with 1851. A third lefty and 2015 ABF Tour Thailand leg champion, Lee Tak Man of Macau finished fourth with 1849.
Wu Siu Hong, Tony Wong, Joshua Chow and Lau Kwu Ho all failed to progress finishing 21st, 23rd, 24th and 27th positions respectively. 2012 Indonesia Open champion, Isaac Russell of Malaysia clinched 18th and the cut for tomorrow's Stage 2 finals with 1720, 30 pins ahead of Diwan Rezaldy of Indonesia.
The top 18 will be joined by three local and three overseas seeded qualifiers for another eight games. The top 6 men and top 6 women will advance to the stepladder finals.
Photos by Terence Yaw in Jakarta.
Sole Hong Kong men, Wicky Yeung making the cut
21st October, Jakarta: Hong Kong national bowlers, Michael Mak and Wu Siu Hong put in a stunning performance to occupy first and second positions in the Men's Open Masters qualifying standings of the 13th Indonesia International Open.
SEA Games Singles silver medalist, Annop Arromsaranon of Thailand set the early pace to lead the standings with 1439 but was soon relegated into fourth position when Mak posted a stunning 801 series to go top of the standings with 1537.
Wu, who was second to the Thai, improved his 6-game tally to 1478 to give Hong Kong a one-two finish. A second Thai, Kim Bolleby also notched up a superb 3-game series of 791 to take up third spot with 1472.
Annop settled for fourth while Malaysia's Timmy Tan rounded out the top 5 with 1429. Joshua Chow and Lau Kwun Ho of Hong Kong also did well to finish eighth and 12th positions with 1411 and 1326 respectively.
Michael Mak taking over the lead
Wicky Yeung occupied third position in the mixed pool with 1314 as Tong Wong missed the cut by just one pin with 1278 in the first reserves slot. 2015 Asian Championships Masters gold medalist, Ryan Lalisang of Indonesia topped the local pool with 1462 followed by 2011 SEA Games Team bronze medalist, Oscar in second with 1421 and 2013 Asian Youth triple gold medalist, Billy M Islam third with 1414.
Meanwhile, 2014 ABF Tour TOC winner, Chan Shuk Han finished third in the Women's Open overseas pool with 1273 behind defending champion, Bernice Lim of Singapore in the lead with 1425.
Malaysia's Alisha Iman ttok second spot with 1393. Early leader, Hui Tong of Macau slipped to fourth with 1271 while Milki Ng of Hong Kong completed the top five with 1250.
ABF Tour Hong Kong second runner-up, Joan Cheng of Hong Kong finished ninth with 1130 as Zoe Tam occupied sixth position in the mixed pool with 1057.
The six men seeded qualifiers, local qualifiers positioned 10 to 12, overseas qualifiers positioned 4 to 12 and mixed pool qualifiers positioned 1 to 11 plus defending champion totalling 30 men will contest Stage 1 finals on October 24.
The top 18 after the 8 games Stage 1 finals will advance to Stage 2 finals joined by the top 3 local and top 3 overseas seeded qualifiers for another 8 games on October 25.
Four Hong Kong women making the cut for the finals
The five women seeded qualifiers, local qualifiers positioned 9 to 10, overseas qualifiers positioned 4 to 10 and mixed pool qualifiers positioned 1 to 9 plus defending champion totalling 24 women will contest Stage 1 finals on October 24.
The top 15 after the 8 games Stage 1 finals will advance to Stage 2 finals joined by the top 3 local and top 3 overseas seeded qualifiers for another 8 games on October 25. Qualifying will end on October 23.
Photos by Terence Yaw in Jakarta.
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