Singapore men still in the hunt
Although Ong picked up his pace a little with 199, the Singaporean posted another lowly 177 and was down mid-field. Local favourite, Ryan Lalisang took over the running to go 37 pins ahead of the Taiwanese.
A much improved 227, 204 and 222 put Ong back in the running as Chinese Taipei's Hsieh Jing Liang posted a scintilating 263 to become the new leader. Another Singaporean, Jason Yeong-Nathan did better with 203, 179, 217 and 232 in the first half and was slightly better than his team-mate.
Jason Yeong-Nathan fizzled off with three poor games to drop down to 19th position while the third Singaporean, Ng Tiac Pin managed 17th position.
The men will resume with their second block of 8 games tomorrow afternoon after the women take to the lanes for their second 8 games. The top 6 would then advance to the stepladder finals.