Andrew Anderson takes commanding lead in Singles at World Men Championships

25 November, 2018

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Making his debut on Team USA, 23-year-old Andrew Anderson averaged 245.50 for six games to take a commanding lead in the first squad of the Singles preliminaries at World Men Championships in Hong Kong.

The four-time Professional Bowlers Association champion, who learned on his way to Hong Kong that he has been selected as the 2018 Chris Schenkel PBA Player of the Year, followed an opening game of 200 with 279 and 278.

Anderson then struck on his next 12 shots for the first 300 game of this Championships and 857 for games 2 to 4, a 285.67 average, and a 1057 four-game series (264.25). Leading his nearest competitor, Rafiq Ismail of Malaysia by 156 pins, Anderson closed with 201 and 215 to lead the 68-player squad with 1473 total.

Ismail (right), a 21-year-old left-hander who won the gold medal in Masters at the 18th Asian Games Jakarta Palembang 2018, started his set with three solid games (211, 212 and 214), before he closed with the highest three-game block of 724 (264, 213 and 247) to narrow the gap to Anderson to 112 pins in second place with 1361 (226.83).

Edward Rey (left) of Colombia was the only other player who surpassed the 1300-mark in third place with 1308 (218.00). The 30-year-old right-hander had five games between 213 and 236 and a low game of 175.

After a slow start with games of 166 and 181, Ricardo Tateishi (right) of Peru rebounded with 238, 211, 236 and his high game of 266 to jump into fourth place with 1298 (216.33).

All other players are already out of the race for the singles medals. Tateishi’s huge closing game came at the expense of Ray San Nicolas (left) of Guam, who was the first player out in fifth place with 1287.

Ismail’s team mate Timmy Tan (right) dropped out of the top 4 to sixth place with 1280, due in part to a 179 last game.

Anderson’s fellow PBA Player of the Year (2016), E.J. Tackett (left), who is also making his debut on Team USA, was ninth with 1261.

Eric Tseng (right) who was on the team that won the Trios gold medal at the 2017 World Championships for men and women, was the top local bowler in 23rd place with 1158.

Defending champion Xander van Mazijk (left) from Netherlands, who won the title in Singles at the combined World Championships in Legas Vegas almost exactly one year ago (Nov. 27), toppled 1149 pins, good for 28th place in this squad.

The bowlers of squad 2 will complete their six-game series later this afternoon, while squads 3 and 4 will conclude the singles preliminaries Monday starting at 9 a.m. and 1.45 p.m. Hong Kong time.

The 2018 CGSE • Million Tinkle World Men Championships will be held from Nov. 23 to Dec. 5 at 40-lane South China Athletic Association (SCAA) bowling center in Hong Kong, China. The Championships will be hosted by World Bowling, bowling’s world governing body, and the Hong Kong Tenpin Bowling Congress.

266 players from 47 countries, maximum six men per country, will compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, Trios, five-player Teams, All-Events and Masters in the 11-day competition (Nov. 25-Dec. 5).

The Championships is contested on the 38-foot Los Angeles pattern from the current World Bowling library of lane conditioning patterns.

Bowlingdigital will provide on-site coverage of the 2018 World Men Championships featuring reports, results and photos commencing with the 2018 World Bowling Coaching Conference “Youth Development and Coaching” at the Hong Kong Sports Institute Nov. 20-21, followed by the Opening Ceremonies (Nov. 24), the preliminaries in Singles, Doubles, Trios (Nov. 24-30), the Team preliminaries (Dec. 1-4), during which the Singles and Doubles Finals will be contested, followed by the Trios and Team Finals, all the way through to the Masters finals (Dec. 4-5).

For more information on the 2018 CGSE • Million Tinkle World Men Championships, please read our Championships Preview.

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2018 World Men Championships – Singles preliminaries after Squad 1/4

Top 4 will advance to the medal round on Saturday, Dec. 1

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Pins	Avg.
1.	Andrew Anderson	USA	200	279	278	757	300	201	215	716	1473	245.50
2.	Rafiq Ismail	Malaysia	211	212	214	637	264	213	247	724	1361	226.83
3.	Edward Rey	Colombia	219	231	236	686	213	175	234	622	1308	218.00
4.	Ricardo Tateishi	Peru	166	181	238	585	211	236	266	713	1298	216.33
5.	Ray San Nicolas	Guam	243	206	192	641	248	179	219	646	1287	214.50
6.	Timmy Tan	Malaysia	182	234	216	632	222	247	179	648	1280	213.33
7.	Peter Stevenson	England	183	234	186	603	226	211	234	671	1274	212.33
8.	Shogo Wada	Japan	187	244	178	609	268	196	193	657	1266	211.00
9.	EJ Tackett	USA	192	196	221	609	225	224	203	652	1261	210.17
10.	Napatra Buspanikonkul	Thailand	185	203	226	614	169	259	197	625	1239	206.50
11.	Raoul Miranda	Philippines	203	190	235	628	190	177	221	588	1216	202.67
12.	Jarrod Langford	Australia	206	187	192	585	224	206	198	628	1213	202.17
13.	Erik Roy	Costa Rica	179	159	212	550	266	172	212	650	1200	200.00
14.	Mik Stampe	Denmark	202	198	179	579	224	210	183	617	1196	199.33
15.	Julien Sermand	France	217	203	192	612	196	213	169	578	1190	198.33
16.	Joel Tan	Singapore	225	183	188	596	191	238	165	594	1190	198.33
17.	Basil Ng	Singapore	255	191	189	635	198	170	186	554	1189	198.17
18.	David Simard	Canada	199	195	214	608	184	206	184	574	1182	197.00
19.	Tuychiev Davron	Uzbekistan	202	193	192	587	211	189	194	594	1181	196.83
20.	Yeri Ramadona	Indonesia	195	231	187	613	198	177	191	566	1179	196.50
21.	Marco Reviglio	Italy	170	166	227	563	251	193	167	611	1174	195.67
22.	Timo Schröder	Germany	180	181	207	568	234	187	177	598	1166	194.33
23.	Eric Tseng	Hong Kong	212	194	201	607	166	187	198	551	1158	193.00
24.	Thibaut Lanos	France	169	187	201	557	163	221	211	595	1152	192.00
25.	Yauhen Khasenevich	Belarus	205	195	212	612	169	203	168	540	1152	192.00
26.	Kohei Haruta	Japan	155	190	244	589	185	166	210	561	1150	191.67
27.	David Orlanda	Romania	210	180	215	605	188	199	157	544	1149	191.50
28.	Xander van Mazijk	Netherlands	185	169	209	563	192	246	148	586	1149	191.50
29.	Oscar Rodriguez	Colombia	190	176	194	560	182	222	181	585	1145	190.83
30.	Fachri Ibnu Askar	Indonesia	149	169	279	597	175	192	179	546	1143	190.50
31.	Deng Heng	China	180	220	179	579	194	181	181	556	1135	189.17
32.	Fabian Kloos	Germany	209	147	194	550	226	133	224	583	1133	188.83
33.	Atchariya Cheng	Thailand	213	169	227	609	171	159	192	522	1131	188.50
34.	Tor Inge Jansen	Norway	160	199	195	554	189	170	214	573	1127	187.83
35.	Elliot Crosby	England	180	153	214	547	183	189	203	575	1122	187.00
36.	Dan Ostergaard-Poulsen	Denmark	214	201	185	600	151	223	148	522	1122	187.00
37.	Graham Fach	Canada	179	188	200	567	196	151	202	549	1116	186.00
38.	Jiveshkar Sewchuran	South Africa	197	182	184	563	186	184	180	550	1113	185.50
39.	Georg Skryten	Norway	161	192	176	529	180	215	183	578	1107	184.50
40.	Mahamid Abed	Israel	168	203	160	531	219	159	197	575	1106	184.33
41.	Ming Wu Xin	China	191	203	171	565	184	152	195	531	1096	182.67
42.	Abdulwahab Alshatti	Kuwait	182	160	141	483	176	225	204	605	1088	181.33
43.	Sergey Andreev	Russia	163	163	214	540	165	208	168	541	1081	180.17
44.	Anton Jose Alcazaren	Philippines	146	137	201	484	176	213	204	593	1077	179.50
45.	Lachlan Merchant	Australia	164	187	185	536	205	166	169	540	1076	179.33
46.	Yaniv Grisario	Israel	203	166	169	538	225	153	158	536	1074	179.00
47.	Erik Davolio	Italy	224	149	149	522	201	187	161	549	1071	178.50
48.	Alexander Medveditskov	Russia	131	162	205	498	183	184	202	569	1067	177.83
49.	Lau Kwun Ho	Hong Kong	113	200	212	525	155	187	199	541	1066	177.67
50.	Ivars Vinters	Latvia	169	193	196	558	165	156	183	504	1062	177.00
51.	Jeroen van Geel	Netherlands	155	163	182	500	183	195	182	560	1060	176.67
52.	Eoghain Lebioda	Ireland	144	212	167	523	169	209	157	535	1058	176.33
53.	Alejandro Naranjo	Costa Rica	145	177	133	455	193	209	192	594	1049	174.83
54.	Ali Ati Al Rashdi	UAE	168	192	172	532	152	192	167	511	1043	173.83
55.	Aldo Guibu	Peru	208	159	137	504	187	164	176	527	1031	171.83
56.	Patrick Dunne	Ireland	179	151	172	502	186	184	158	528	1030	171.67
57.	Mohammed Al Nuaimi	UAE	180	191	152	523	164	192	146	502	1025	170.83
58.	Jermiah Camacho	Guam	176	167	197	540	181	160	137	478	1018	169.67
59.	Lamar Richardson	Bermuda	201	183	176	560	193	129	136	458	1018	169.67
60.	Seyed Pouyan Afrazeh	Iran	161	145	194	500	170	153	187	510	1010	168.33
61.	Emmett Bezuidenhout	South Africa	144	141	199	484	198	143	185	526	1010	168.33
62.	Mohsen Azadi	Iran	160	221	171	552	112	177	169	458	1010	168.33
63.	Evjenij Gurevich	Belarus	126	178	165	469	189	143	180	512	981	163.50
64.	Boltaev Laziz	Uzbekistan	191	164	134	489	167	137	183	487	976	162.67
65.	Ali Alqattan	Kuwait	187	150	167	504	163	174	132	469	973	162.17
66.	Dennis Joell	Bermuda	192	130	183	505	169	133	147	449	954	159.00
67.	Cristian Calagiu	Romania	168	165	143	476	140	153	184	477	953	158.83
68.	Martins Vilnis	Latvia	159	164	144	467	135	171	162	468	935	155.83