Korea's Son Yun-Hee wins Women's Singles from top seed at Asian Indoor Games

11/02/09

2009 AIG

Saigon Superbowl in Ho Chih Minh City, Vietnam (Oct. 30 - Nov. 8 2009)

2009AIGLogo.jpgSon Yun-Hee won the first gold medal in the Asian Indoor Games bowling competition for Korea when she defeated Maki Sano, Japan, 193-158, to capture the title in Women's Singles Monday at Saigon Superbowl in Ho Chih Minh City, Vietnam.

Son and Sano were tied for first place after the six-game preliminaries with 1300 pinfall total or an average of 216.67. The Korean earned the top seed with a 50-19 win in a two-frame tiebreaker.

The top 8 women out of 49 advanced to the one-game single-elimination finals on the short oil pattern. In each round the highest seed bowled the lowest seed, the second highest vs. the second lowest, etc.

In the quarterfinals the top 4 qualifiers eliminated their opponents to advance to the semifinals where Son defeated No. 4 Tannya Roumimper, Indonesia, 206-192, and Sano ousted No. 3 Shayna Ng, Singapore, 211-172.

Sano received the silver medal while Ng and Roumimper shared the bronze.

The 3rd Asian Indoor Games drew 73 men and 49 women from 20 countries, who will bowl for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles and 4-Player team event. The championships will continue on Tuesday with the Men's Doubles competition.

 


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