End of fine run for Singaporeans
The debutant rebounded with 230 in the second game to draw level at one-all to Aaron's 215. The sole male Singaporean finalist then lost two subsequent games, 170-184 and 182-199 ending his chance of advancing further.
Aaron went on to win the gold medal after he defeated American, Dean Richards, 3-0 in the title match. The Malaysian ousted seventh-seed, Fredrik Tjernes of Norway, 3-1 to advance to the finals. Singles gold medalist, Dominic Barrett narrowly lost to Richards, 2-3 in the other semi to settle for the bronze.
The match went down to the wire after both were locked at 216 and needing to bowl the 9th and 10th frame tie breaker. Both had two strikes but unfortunately, Jasmine bowled 6 pins while Jun downed 7 pins.
It was a heartbreaking end to Jasmine's superb run and going down to Jun, 2-3. Jazreel Tan also did not go down to Germany's Tina Hulsch without a fight. Hulsch edged Jazreel, 257-227 and 245-205 in the first two games but shot a high game of 279 to Jazreel's 219 to win, 3-0.
The champion made the finals when she was stretched to a five-game thriller by Mexican, Sandra Gongora but edged her opponent, 3-2 in the other semi-finals to advance to the finals.
The Masters closed out the 10th World Youth Championships, which saw a diverse number of countries take home medals. Fifteen of the 55 countries that competed earned at least one medal.
Singapore took home three bronze medals from Jasmine winning in the girl's singles, Mark and Gregory winning the boy's doubles and the girls in the team event.
Detailed scores: Boy's Masters Semi & Finals | Boy's Masters Quarterfinals | Girl's Masters Semi & Finals | Girl's Masters Quarterfinals.