Carolyn Dorin-Ballard, a 20-time PWBA champion, and PBA exempt player Kelly Kulick (pictured left, r-l) , the only woman ever who has won a PBA national title, broke the championship records for one, three and six games en route to lead the Doubles preliminaries at the Women's World Championships in Hong Kong, China, after two of three squads.

The Americans finished with a 556 game and a 1536 for games 4-6 to move atop the leaderboard with 2901 pinfall total and an average of 241.75. CDB had 1428 and Kulick totaled 1473.

Singapore's New Hui Fen and Jazreel Tan (above right, l-r)used a 493 final game including New's 289 to tie Squad 1 leader Shannon Pluhowsky and Liz Johnson (left, l-r), United States, with 2780. Due to the higher last game, New/Tan overtook second place while the Americans slipped to third.

With the final squad to go on Tuesday morning, defending champion Hwang Sun-Ok and her team mate Son Yun-Hee (right, l-r) from Korea are "on the bubble" with 2675 or an average of 222.92.

As in Singles, the 171 players from 33 countries were split into three squads to bowl six games preliminaries. The top 4 doubles will advance to the finals.

Squads 1 and 2 bowled Monday at 9 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. Hong Kong time, respectively, with Squad 3 to follow on Tuesday morning at 9 a.m. The semifinals start at 1.30 p.m. with the championship match to follow immediately afterwards.

Colombia's Paola Gomez and Clara Juliana Guerrero (pictured left, l-r) paced Squad 2 after the first game with 466. Guerrero, the defending All Events and Masters champion, had 246 and Gomez added 220.

Patcharin Torgersen (224) and Heidi Thorstensen (232) of Norway (on the right, r-l) and Sweden's Sandra Andersson (233) and Nina Flack (223, below right, l-r) were tied for second place at 456.

Rounding out the top 4 was Anja Ginge Jensen (243) and Britt Brøndsted (204; on the left, r-l), Denmark with 447.

Singapore's New Hui Fen and Jazreel Tan who started with 437 overtook the lead after a 496 second game with 933 pinfall total. The Swedes had 455 to maintain second place with 911.

The Koreans, Jeon Eun-Hee and Hong Su-Yeon (on the left, r-l) added 461 to the 442 in game one to move into third place with 903. The Norwegians slipped to fourth with 880 with Malaysia's Esther Cheah and Zandra Aziela (right, r-l) in fifth place at 872.

Team USA's Carolyn Dorin-Ballard and Kelly Kulick rebounded from a slow start (382) with 477 to jump into sixth place with 859. Kulick, who rolled the first 300 game of the championships in the Singles preliminaries on Sunday, had a 259 in the second game and Dorin-Ballard added 218.

New (237) and Tan (298; pictured left, l-r) pulled away from the rest of the field with 535 in the third game en route to set a new championship record for three games with 1468 or an average of 244,67. The Singaporeans topped the previous record set by Korea's Choi Jin-A and Nam Bo Ra 2007 in Monterrey, Mexico (1433) by 35 pins.

Dorin Ballard (279) and Kulick (227; on the right, r-l) moved from sixth to second place with 1365 thanks to a 506 game. Sweden (382) and Korea (388) slipped to third and fourth place with 1293 and 1291, respectively.

Nadine Geißler and Janine Ribguth, Germany, made up some ground moving into fifth place with 1284 including games of 404, 451 and 429. Sixth place belonged to Denmark with 1280 followed by Norway with 1270.

The Malaysians fell three spots to eighth place with 1244 behind a 372 game. Ninth place belonged to Tannya Roumimper and Sharon Limansantoso (pictured left, l-r) of Indonesia with 1243. Rounding out the top 10 as Squad 2 has reached the halfway mark was Robin Orlikowski and Felicia Wong, Canada, with 1227.

Singapore added 463 in game four for 1931 but Team USA narrowed the gap by 23 pins due to a 486 game (Dorin-Ballard 247, Kulick 239) and a total of 1851.

Korea shot 490 (Jeon 266, Hong 224) to move into third with 1781. The Danes leaped two spots to fourth place with 1737 behind a 457. 2003 World Champions in Trios, Liza Clutario (228; on the right, r-l) and Liza Del Rosario (278), Philippines, managed a 506 game to jump into fifth place with 1709.

Lead changed after the penultimate game as the USA rolled another big 494 game and Singapore suffered a sub-par 356. CDB had 215 and shot Kulick 279 to propel the Americans into the lead with 2345. They need 436 in the last game to overtake their team mates Shannon Pluhowsky and Liz Johnson (2780) for the overall lead.

The Singaporeans are 58 pins behind in second place with 2287 with Korea in third at 2228 including a 447 game in the fifth. Rounding out the top 4 before the final game was Denmark with 2196.

Dorin-Ballard had a huge 290 in the last game and Kulick added 266 for a record 556 game en route to take the overall lead the Doubles competition after two of three squads with record 2901 pinfall total and an average of 241.75.

The Americans broke the previous record for one game (547) and six games (2804) set by Mexico and Korea, respectively, in 2007 in Monterrey, Mexico.

Singaporeans New and Tan rebounded from the poor fifth game with 493 to finish the squad in second position with 2780 to tie Squad 1 leaders Pluhowsky/Johnson, United States. Due to the higher last game (the Americans had 480), New/Tan overtake second place in the combined standings of Squad 1 and 2.

Denmark's Brøndsted/Jensen finished third in the squad with 2673 just two pins short of the top 4.

The players are done for today. The players of Squad 3 will complete the preliminaries on Tuesday morning.

The fourth Women's World Championships takes place at bowling center Hong Kong Bowling City in Hong Kong, China, from Sept. 1 through 11, 2011.

171 of the best women bowlers in the world featuring 33 countries compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Singles, Doubles, Trios, five-player Team event, All Events and Masters in the nine-day event.

The WTBA patterns "Seoul" and "Paris" will be used in Hong Kong. The 39-feet Seoul pattern is the second-shortest of the four "medium" WTBA certified lane patterns. With a length of 47 feet, Paris is the longest of all 12 certified patterns.

Singles was played on "Paris" and Doubles will be contested on "Seoul", while Trios and Team will feature both oil patterns (3 games on each pattern). Masters match play will be staged on dual lane condition (one lane dressed with the Seoul pattern and the other lane dressed with the Paris pattern).

The top four players and teams after six games in Singles, Doubles, Trios and Team, respectively, will advance to the semifinals. The No. 1 meet No. 4 and No. 2 takes on No. 3. The winners will determine the World Champion, while the losers will share the bronze medal. All matches are single-game matches.

Bowlingdigital will cover the 2011 Women's World Championships live from Hong Kong with stories and results after each squad and each round of the finals.

Bowling fans around the world will be able to watch all qualifying rounds, semifinals and finals live on BOWL.com and the coverage will be available on demand as well. Pictured left are commentators Jason Overstreet (l.) and Lucas Wiseman (r.) at work.

The live streaming coverage is a partnership between USBC, WTBA, the Hong Kong Tenpin Bowling Congress and Bowlingdigital.com. The live streaming schedule is identical with the tournament schedule.