Singaporean off to a hot start
Despite an eratic scoreline in Ahmed’s next four games, the Bahraini national bowler was able to maintain his lead but was soon caught up by Remy Ong narrowing the gap from 35 pins to 4 by the fifth game of the second block.
A poor 189 from Ahmed saw him slipping down to third as Ong took over the lead with another Bahraini national bowler, Ahmed Mohamed Rahimi trailing the Singaporean by 55 pins. Overnight leader, Mohamed Al-Shetti ended in a disappointing 11th position.
The defending champion totaled 3625 from the two blocks with Rahimi in second with 3588. Both Ong and Rahimi will advance into the Round 3 Top 18 finals automatically and skipping the Top 38 Round 2 finals as the top two qualifiers in this squad.
Ahmed Al Bastaki missed the automatic qualification in third with 3544 while Sami Ahmed Noor stromed home to snatch fouth spot with 3534. Ahmed Rashid Al Noaimi rounded the top 5 with 3517.
Squad B will take to the lanes for the next two days and again the top 2 finishers at the end of the two blocks will advance into Round 3 finals automatically. Squad C and D will bowl their two blocks on May 5 and 6.
Detailed scores: Squad A Block 2 | Qualifying Standings.