Singaporean shoots fourth 300
But their lead did not last long as Hong Kong’s Michael Mak and Eric Tseng fired a scintilating 511 in the third game to take over the running, 77 pins ahead of Malaysia. Low and Lim recovered with 449 and 411 to stay with the leading pair.
By the fifth game, Hong Kong had built up a 130-pin margin with 2304 and needing only 389 to overhaul Squad A leader of Park Jong Woo and Hong Hae Sol of Korea. The Singapore pair suffered another setback after a sub-400 game to slip out of contention.
Their late charge only gave them a sixth placed finish with 2595, 13 pins behind local challenger, Kuwait in fourth and the other Hong Kong pair fifth. The other Singapore pair of Benjamin Lim and Christopher Hwang managed only 13th position with 2378.
The girls will resume with their first block of 3 games in the Team event tomorrow morning over long oil pattern while the boys will contest theirs in the afternoon. The second block will be held on Sunday over short oil pattern.