Marshall Kent (pictured) of the United States started the European Bowling Tour's Russian Open with a bang as the Team USA member averaged 246.33 in the first squad to take the early qualifying lead Tuesday at bowling center Cosmik Belay Dacha in Moscow, Russia.

Kent fired games of 264, 222, 248, 223, 243 and 278 for 1478 total. He outaveraged his nearest competitor by more than 20 pins. Trailing Kent by 126 pins was Alexander Minenko of Russia, who led Squad 2 with 1352 (225.33) including a high game of 245 and a pair of 237s.

Third and fourth place belonged to Kent's fellow countrymen Cameron Weier and Tanner Spacey, who were next to Kent in Squad 1 with 1335 and 1310. Fifth place belonged to Russian national team member Sergey Andreev (right) with 1286.

Kristina Kryl of Russia was the best of twenty women in the 60-player field from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Serbia, United States and the host country Russia in seventh place with 1226 including 48 pins handicap. Her fellow countrywoman Ksenia Kulikova holds the 32nd and last spot to advance to the finals with 1064.

Qualifying continues Wednesday, Sept. 12 with Squads 3 and 4 scheduled for noon and 4 p.m. Moscow time (CET +2).

The Russian Open is the fourth of seven EBT "Satellite" tournaments this season and runs from Sept. 11-15 at 30-lane Cosmik Belay Dacha in Moscow, Russia. The Russian Open offers total prize fund of 25.000 Euro with 5.500 Euro going to the winner, 3.800 to the runner-up and 2.500 and 2.000 Euro for the third and fourth place finishers respectively.

Qualifying (six-game series, unlimited re-entries) runs from Tuesday, Sept. 11 through Friday, Sept. 14 with the last Squad 12 scheduled for 9 p.m. local time (CET +2) and concludes with the Desperado Squad slated for 12.30 a.m. on Saturday morning. Women receive 8 pins handicap each game throughout the entire event, a standard for women on the European Bowling Tour.

A total of 36 players advance to the finals on Saturday, Sept. 15 including the top 32 players from the qualifying standings and the top 4 from the Desperado Squad. The top 8 qualifiers earn one bye and will be seeded first through 8th in Round Two.

The other 28 players bowl four games starting from scratch with the top 8 advancing to the second round seeded 9th through 16th.

The remaining 16 players determine the champion in single-elimination rounds with the two-game total to determine the winner. The highest seeded player bowls the lowest seeded player, the second highest seeded player bowls the second lowest seeded player, etc.

The field will be trimmed to eight and then four players. The winners of the semifinal matches bowl for the title and the 5.500 top prize, while the losers meet in a roll-off for third and fourth place.

The 2012 European Bowling Tour is made up of 20 events in 16 countries including two Platinum, four Gold, seven Silver and seven Satellite tournaments.

The top 50 men and the top 50 women in each event earn ranking points based on how they finish in the event. The winner of a Platinum tournament receives 250 ranking points, the winner of a Gold tournament gets 150, the winner of a Silver tournament such as the BNC Open earns 100, and the winner of a Satellite tournament gets 50 ranking points.

Those points will be tabulated throughout the season to determine the top 16 men and top 16 women who will compete in the sixth EBT Masters, which will be held Sept. 30, 2013 at BNC Bowling Center in Bratislava immediately following the 2013 BNC Open (Sept. 23-29).

 

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Qualifying Standings after Squad 2/12

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Pins	Avg.	Hc	Total
1.	Marshall Kent	United States	264	222	248	223	243	278	1478	246.33		1478
2.	Alexander Minenko	Russia	237	218	245	215	237	200	1352	225.33		1352
3.	Cameron Weier	United States	146	257	249	225	221	237	1335	222.50		1335
4.	Tanner Spacey	United States	245	194	209	247	193	222	1310	218.33		1310
5.	Sergey Andreev	Russia	204	211	252	249	168	202	1286	214.33		1286
6.	Alexey Fedin	Russia	259	202	172	215	210	203	1261	210.17		1261
7.	Kristina Kryl	Russia	189	214	183	172	205	215	1178	196.33	48	1226
8.	Sergey Prokhan	Russia	214	220	201	219	172	200	1226	204.33		1226
9.	Daria Minenko	Russia	199	202	213	201	188	173	1176	196.00	48	1224
10.	Vladimir Sverchkov	Russia	201	218	217	149	210	198	1193	198.83		1193
11.	Alexander Panchenko	Kazakhstan	205	146	213	214	214	191	1183	197.17		1183
12.	Oleg Kozyrev	Russia	213	182	170	243	186	188	1182	197.00		1182
13.	Oleg Sazonov	Russia	192	201	162	211	207	204	1177	196.17		1177
14.	Polina Kosyakova	Russia	141	201	197	234	164	180	1117	186.17	48	1165
15.	Ksenia Smotrova	Russia	178	151	214	187	192	193	1115	185.83	48	1163
16.	Anatoly Apanyakin	Russia	226	181	160	193	203	194	1157	192.83		1157
17.	Igor Petrenko	Russia	185	210	177	199	150	229	1150	191.67		1150
18.	Artem Kharkov	Russia	193	213	188	189	172	181	1136	189.33		1136
19.	Vladimir Vasilyev	Russia	185	145	205	182	223	195	1135	189.17		1135
20.	Varvara Korobkova	Russia	176	179	157	223	166	181	1082	180.33	48	1130
21.	Alexander Dolginov	Russia	180	207	178	178	194	190	1127	187.83		1127
22.	Grigory Fedorin	Russia	143	169	176	217	194	215	1114	185.67		1114
23.	Victor Krasavkin	Russia	153	185	173	213	179	202	1105	184.17		1105
24.	Anna Orlova	Russia	166	202	170	153	175	189	1055	175.83	48	1103
25.	Sergey Isaev	Russia	160	220	185	186	154	189	1094	182.33		1094
26.	Maria Bulanova	Russia	185	194	154	181	166	164	1044	174.00	48	1092
27.	Dmitry Danilin	Russia	153	213	167	150	192	203	1078	179.67		1078
28.	Slavolyub Milkovich	Serbia	176	150	166	149	244	188	1073	178.83		1073
29.	Larisa Stashchenko	Russia	151	147	162	201	180	183	1024	170.67	48	1072
30.	Valery Guskov	Russia	204	172	164	178	221	131	1070	178.33		1070
31.	Egor Troyanovsky	Russia	159	183	203	221	188	114	1068	178.00		1068
32.	Ksenia Kulikova	Russia	167	171	127	188	162	201	1016	169.33	48	1064
33.	Roman Starchenkov	Russia	180	212	153	172	150	196	1063	177.17		1063
34.	Andrey Babasyuk	Russia	225	158	211	157	153	156	1060	176.67		1060
35.	Anastasia Kuleshova	Russia	196	158	153	182	156	166	1011	168.50	48	1059
36.	Mikhail Voevodin	Russia	159	158	180	221	190	148	1056	176.00		1056
37.	Vadim Novikov	Russia	215	160	162	169	147	198	1051	175.17		1051
38.	Ksenia Apanyakina	Russia	185	151	171	117	173	199	996	166.00	48	1044
39.	Tatyana Sheshenya	Russia	164	153	166	163	173	173	992	165.33	48	1040
40.	Konstantin Karazeev	Belarus	206	169	198	166	170	124	1033	172.17		1033
41.	Nikita Vasilyev	Russia	166	171	202	168	143	182	1032	172.00		1032
42.	Nadezhda Rostovtseva	Russia	143	204	140	152	208	134	981	163.50	48	1029
43.	Elena Sazonova	Russia	165	161	175	178	143	157	979	163.17	48	1027
44.	Daniil Tsygulev	Russia	198	157	142	156	177	191	1021	170.17		1021
45.	Pavel Rebenko	Russia	147	183	161	193	162	171	1017	169.50		1017
46.	Alexey Stepin	Russia	175	237	142	140	170	153	1017	169.50		1017
47.	Nikolay Laptev	Russia	169	159	201	160	162	156	1007	167.83		1007
48.	Matvey Kuzin	Russia	155	148	180	152	185	172	992	165.33		992
49.	Ilya Bulavin	Russia	163	179	147	156	180	154	979	163.17		979
50.	Oleg Minulin	Kazakhstan	154	161	139	207	147	164	972	162.00		972
51.	Igor Shmakov	Russia	136	177	164	157	159	172	965	160.83		965
52.	Elena Milkovich	Russia	148	125	135	200	168	128	904	150.67	48	952
53.	Dmitry Moiseev	Russia	158	160	153	145	164	172	952	158.67		952
54.	Stanislav Soldatenko	Russia	162	155	149	145	181	158	950	158.33		950
55.	Tseren Chumashkaev	Kazakhstan	155	184	154	125	163	165	946	157.67		946
56.	Polina Kharlamova	Russia	136	156	144	161	151	147	895	149.17	48	943
57.	Anastasia Pokasova	Russia	156	141	137	148	144	169	895	149.17	48	943
58.	Vyacheslav Shchekachev	Russia	165	163	126	170	161	153	938	156.33		938
59.	Ksenia Karaseva	Russia	135	199	143	125	163	122	887	147.83	48	935
60.	Alexander Dogodin	Russia	158	136	156	166	161	155	932	155.33		932
61.	Varvara Gryaznova	Russia	171	123	103	131	182	158	868	144.67	48	916
62.	Anton Dremov	Russia	148	118	188	129	194	128	905	150.83		905
63.	Alexey Inglezi	Russia	156	152	156	140	136	164	904	150.67		904
64.	Nikita Stolbov	Russia	146	160	107	129	148	190	880	146.67		880
65.	Alena Sharapova	Russia	118	156	133	164	118	134	823	137.17	48	871
66.	Andrey Tsukanov	Russia	149	106	115	142	137	179	828	138.00		828