Sergey Andreev and Roman Starchenkov, both of Russia, became the first players in the 2011 Russian Open, who surpassed the 1400-mark, Thursday at Cosmik Belay Dacha in Moscow, Russia.

Russian national team member Andreev rolled games of 225, 257, 278, 215, 234 and 215 in Squad 5 to overtake the lead in the qualifying with 1424 total and an average of 237.33. Starchenkov started his series with a low game of 203 but rebounded with five games between 225 and 257 to move into second place with 1402 (233.67).

Previous leader Sergey Bogachev, Russia, slipped to third place with 1342.

Julia Polyanskaya and Vadim Kalakutok, both Russia, led Squad 6 on Thursday afternoon with 1333 and 1327 to overtake fourth and fifth place, respectively. Polyanskaya is currently the best of 33 women in the 129-player field from only five countries - Belarus, Kazakhstan, Serbia, Ukraine and Russia.

Ukrainian women's national team member Daria Kovaleva is the best of nine foreigners in the Russian Open so far. Kovaleva was next to Andreev and Starchenkov in Squad 5 with 1319 including 48 pins handicap.

Filipp Potorochin fell five spots to seventh place with 1314. Alexander Gurkov, both Russia, was the third-best player in Squad 6 with 1311 to overtake eighth place in the overall qualifying standings. The top 8 will earn one bye for the finals.

As qualifying has reached its halfway point, Grigory Fedorin, Russia, holds the 32nd and last spot to advance with 1218 or an average of 203.

Qualifying continues Friday, Sept. 16 with Squads 7 and 8 scheduled for noon and 4 p.m. Moscow time (CET +2).

The Russian Open, which will be held Sept. 13-18, 2011 at 30-lane Cosmik Belay Dacha in Russia's capital city Moscow, is the 15th stop of the 2011 European Bowling Tour and the fourth out of six EBT "Satellite" tournaments this season.

The tournament offers total prize fund of 25.000 Euro with 5.500 Euro going to the winner and 3.800 Euro to the runner-up, while the third and fourth place finishers will receive 2.500 Euro and 2.000, respectively.

Since the English Open has lost its EBT status, the 2011 European Bowling Tour consists of 20 tour stops in 16 countries including two Platinum, six Gold, six Silver and six Satellite tournaments.

The top 50 men and the top 50 women in each event receive ranking points. The winner of a Platinum tournament receives 250 ranking points, the winner of a Gold tournament gets 150, the winner of a Silver tournament earns 100, and the winner of a Satellite tournament such as the Russian Open gets 50 ranking points.

The top 16 men and the top 16 women at the end of the 2011 season qualify for the fifth EBT Masters to be held at Dream-Bowl Palace in Unterföhring near Munich, Germany on April 30 and May 1, 2012. The event will become the first EBT Masters to be contested on single lane condition.

Qualifying of the Russian Open (six-game series, unlimited re-entries) runs from Tuesday, Sept. 13 through Saturday, Sept. 17 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 Sunday morning. Women will receive 8 pins handicap each game throughout the entire event, a standard for women on the European Bowling Tour.

A total of 36 players will advance to the finals on Sunday, Sept. 18 - the top 32 players from the overall qualifying standings plus the top 4 from the Desperado Squad. The top 8 qualifiers earn one bye and will be seeded 1st through 8th in Round Two.

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

The remaining 16 players will 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 will bowl for the title and the 5.500 top prize while the losers will meet in a two-game roll-off for third and fourth place.

 

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Standings after Qualifying Squad 6/12

Pos	Player	Country	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	Pins	Avg.	Hc	Total
1.	Sergey Andreev	Russia	225	257	278	215	234	215	1424	237.33		1424
2.	Roman Starchenkov	Russia	203	239	257	233	225	245	1402	233.67		1402
3.	Sergey Bogachev	Russia	209	233	200	277	224	199	1342	223.67		1342
4.	Julia Polyanskaya	Russia	203	210	212	226	247	187	1285	214.17	48	1333
5.	Vadim Kalakutok	Russia	171	229	234	224	222	247	1327	221.17		1327
6.	Daria Kovaleva	Ukraine	203	216	233	204	220	195	1271	211.83	48	1319
7.	Filipp Potorochin	Russia	243	257	181	235	181	217	1314	219.00		1314
8.	Alexander Gurkov	Russia	212	220	257	220	203	199	1311	218.50		1311
9.	Mikhail Belenkiy	Russia	188	246	232	205	255	180	1306	217.67		1306
10.	Alexander Panchenko	Kazakhstan	226	194	205	225	237	214	1301	216.83		1301
11.	Kirill Mavienko	Russia	225	212	237	206	222	198	1300	216.67		1300
12.	Oleg Kozyrev	Russia	213	191	235	215	206	225	1285	214.17		1285
13.	Alexander Minenko	Russia	191	201	212	238	193	246	1281	213.50		1281
14.	Maxim Okorokov	Russia	243	211	213	184	192	238	1281	213.50		1281
15.	Evgenia Smirnova	Russia	189	234	182	227	199	202	1233	205.50	48	1281
16.	Alexey Vasilenko	Russia	211	148	278	176	225	235	1273	212.17		1273
17.	Viktor Krasavkin	Russia	188	189	198	191	216	286	1268	211.33		1268
18.	Alexander Dolginov	Russia	187	213	252	238	164	213	1267	211.17		1267
19.	Anton Pronchev	Russia	225	248	214	203	180	190	1260	210.00		1260
20.	Sergey Isaev	Russia	190	202	202	214	193	257	1258	209.67		1258
21.	Konstantin Matvienko	Russia	213	181	200	255	226	181	1256	209.33		1256
22.	Nikolay Ostroumov	Russia	186	190	219	221	225	214	1255	209.17		1255
23.	Vladimir Maysky	Serbia	189	182	215	245	206	216	1253	208.83		1253
24.	Sergey Starchenkov	Russia	246	199	181	234	178	212	1250	208.33		1250
25.	Alexander Brykov	Russia	188	221	221	189	191	237	1247	207.83		1247
26.	Alena Korobkova	Russia	198	190	169	181	223	237	1198	199.67	48	1246
27.	Maria Bulanova	Russia	177	227	224	186	167	215	1196	199.33	48	1244
28.	Kristina Kryl	Russia	257	177	182	194	177	207	1194	199.00	48	1242
29.	Varvara Korobkova	Russia	221	220	171	211	171	193	1187	197.83	48	1235
30.	Slavolyub Milkovich	Serbia	210	181	214	228	209	183	1225	204.17		1225
31.	Oleg Koshelev	Russia	215	182	183	205	226	212	1223	203.83		1223
32.	Grigory Fedorin	Russia	190	211	207	157	238	215	1218	203.00		1218
33.	Dmitry Shilkin	Belarus	176	235	197	215	178	216	1217	202.83		1217
34.	Ksenia Smotrova	Russia	169	190	214	182	174	228	1157	192.83	48	1205
35.	Igor Petrenko	Russia	168	229	198	206	181	219	1201	200.17		1201
36.	Maxim Sokolov	Russia	189	225	199	193	179	214	1199	199.83		1199
37.	Vladimir Maysky	Serbia	191	189	216	192	202	209	1199	199.83		1199
38.	Anton Dremov	Russia	167	191	213	169	212	246	1198	199.67		1198
39.	Vyacheslav Schekachev	Russia	231	146	223	201	204	192	1197	199.50		1197
40.	Igor Muzyka	Russia	154	185	204	254	194	205	1196	199.33		1196
41.	Anatoly Apanyakin	Russia	192	170	237	198	200	199	1196	199.33		1196
42.	Mikhail Lukyanov	Russia	184	209	205	202	148	245	1193	198.83		1193
43.	Elena Milkovich	Russia	199	202	191	166	196	190	1144	190.67	48	1192
44.	Andrey Shamshuro	Russia	207	217	202	166	202	190	1184	197.33		1184
45.	Andrey Reva	Russia	129	211	180	217	235	211	1183	197.17		1183
46.	Vitaly Ragulin	Russia	147	203	243	237	153	197	1180	196.67		1180
47.	Dmitry Danilin	Russia	172	179	175	215	233	204	1178	196.33		1178
48.	Sergey Kudelya	Russia	147	175	179	239	204	233	1177	196.17		1177
49.	Viktoria Belenko	Russia	178	166	188	213	168	216	1129	188.17	48	1177
50.	Anastasia Tikhonova	Russia	152	225	191	203	173	184	1128	188.00	48	1176
51.	Alexey Uchvatov	Russia	191	191	213	200	193	182	1170	195.00		1170
52.	Nikita Kuznetsov	Russia	209	146	228	214	198	169	1164	194.00		1164
53.	Julia Gorbacheva	Russia	178	189	199	176	182	191	1115	185.83	48	1163
54.	Pavel Sobolev	Belarus	161	216	200	195	226	160	1158	193.00		1158
55.	Alexander Korobkov	Russia	199	167	197	236	158	191	1148	191.33		1148
56.	Stepan Polyansky	Russia	202	201	169	173	212	188	1145	190.83		1145
57.	Artem Zubkov	Russia	210	183	147	252	147	201	1140	190.00		1140
58.	Mikhail Dmitriev	Russia	176	224	190	177	197	173	1137	189.50		1137
59.	Alexander Antropov	Russia	199	134	192	197	215	199	1136	189.33		1136
60.	Dmitry Pozhitkov	Russia	170	192	173	165	246	182	1128	188.00		1128
61.	Kirill Glagolev	Russia	196	201	169	181	209	170	1126	187.67		1126
62.	Daria Voronkova	Russia	151	184	145	217	212	169	1078	179.67	48	1126
63.	Ivan Klyushin	Russia	188	172	213	150	179	222	1124	187.33		1124
64.	Artem Kharkov	Russia	184	201	203	187	174	172	1121	186.83		1121
65.	Tatyana Stepanova	Russia	132	168	180	159	198	234	1071	178.50	48	1119
66.	Andrey Kiselev	Russia	161	214	179	215	170	176	1115	185.83		1115
67.	Vladimir Vasilyev	Russia	196	191	203	192	185	148	1115	185.83		1115
68.	Maxim Matviychuk	Russia	211	168	158	195	164	216	1112	185.33		1112
69.	Inna Korobkova	Russia	152	165	193	170	214	170	1064	177.33	48	1112
70.	Valentin Ermolaev	Russia	113	257	183	197	155	205	1110	185.00		1110
71.	Elvira Shatalova	Russia	193	169	141	221	140	198	1062	177.00	48	1110
72.	Vladimir Khebnev	Russia	206	184	150	214	161	195	1110	185.00		1110
73.	Anna Kislyak	Russia	164	191	174	202	159	172	1062	177.00	48	1110
74.	Andrey Vazhentsev	Russia	170	153	177	207	214	182	1103	183.83		1103
75.	Sergey Kostenkov	Russia	189	180	174	155	204	199	1101	183.50		1101
76.	Kseniya Istomina	Russia	163	141	183	207	158	200	1052	175.33	48	1100
77.	Oleg Chumak	Russia	165	181	196	222	189	143	1096	182.67		1096
78.	Vladimir Surkov	Russia	162	181	193	246	146	160	1088	181.33		1088
79.	Tseren Chumashkaev	Kazakhstan	154	183	203	163	184	197	1084	180.67		1084
80.	Oleg Tsapin	Russia	211	202	183	139	139	206	1080	180.00		1080
81.	Vyacheslav Chekachev	Russia	186	165	211	183	168	167	1080	180.00		1080
82.	Galina Sukhanova	Russia	149	173	191	191	155	167	1026	171.00	48	1074
83.	Ilya Bulavin	Russia	188	176	197	175	176	162	1074	179.00		1074
84.	Polina Kharlamova	Russia	138	201	190	142	173	178	1022	170.33	48	1070
85.	Nikita Koshelev	Russia	152	157	175	168	224	192	1068	178.00		1068
86.	Yuriy Baratsevich	Russia	153	155	181	198	195	184	1066	177.67		1066
87.	Viktor Stepanenko	Ukraine	151	178	214	165	200	157	1065	177.50		1065
88.	Igor Sutovsky	Russia	169	152	144	187	213	199	1064	177.33		1064
89.	Anastasiya Kulesheva	Russia	184	167	183	138	170	169	1011	168.50	48	1059
90.	Ksenia Kulikova	Russia	176	156	181	167	175	156	1011	168.50	48	1059
91.	Nikita Kharin	Russia	179	196	142	172	187	182	1058	176.33		1058
92.	Igor Bychkov	Russia	196	165	181	160	163	190	1055	175.83		1055
93.	Ilya Tsarenko	Russia	215	129	161	146	189	214	1054	175.67		1054
94.	Igor Belenko	Russia	169	170	171	207	161	175	1053	175.50		1053
95.	Yuriy Kudeshov	Russia	189	185	195	167	159	156	1051	175.17		1051
96.	Salavat Adyatulin	Russia	172	170	213	155	201	140	1051	175.17		1051
97.	Olga Tabachkova	Russia	151	181	181	147	176	166	1002	167.00	48	1050
98.	Matvey Kuzin	Russia	156	150	165	194	189	195	1049	174.83		1049
99.	Anastasia Pokasova	Russia	123	164	177	227	145	165	1001	166.83	48	1049
100.	Valery Guskov	Russia	164	191	190	191	184	127	1047	174.50		1047
101.	Sergey Pokasov	Russia	190	155	167	150	191	189	1042	173.67		1042
102.	Pavel Marchenko	Russia	144	203	161	147	168	217	1040	173.33		1040
103.	Anna Orlova	Russia	161	149	165	151	190	175	991	165.17	48	1039
104.	Maria Koshel	Russia	166	149	142	183	163	183	986	164.33	48	1034
105.	Nikolay Kovalsky	Russia	124	178	204	149	199	180	1034	172.33		1034
106.	Eduard Gladuntsov	Russia	153	172	187	183	183	156	1034	172.33		1034
107.	Stanislav Soldatenko	Russia	155	194	169	183	148	183	1032	172.00		1032
108.	Alexey Stepin	Russia	131	180	181	135	204	199	1030	171.67		1030
109.	Evgeny Zhdanov	Russia	158	153	200	198	171	148	1028	171.33		1028
110.	Elizaveta Danacheva	Russia	157	162	188	143	168	154	972	162.00	48	1020
111.	Valentin Bystrov	Russia	173	164	140	175	222	146	1020	170.00		1020
112.	Maxim Eremenko	Russia	161	188	140	167	173	190	1019	169.83		1019
113.	Evgeny Ivanov	Russia	196	171	141	186	170	148	1012	168.67		1012
114.	Alexander Deev	Russia	163	145	151	158	206	188	1011	168.50		1011
115.	Boris Sozinov	Russia	166	152	132	212	202	144	1008	168.00		1008
116.	Ekaterina Koshel	Russia	165	147	140	192	146	160	950	158.33	48	998
117.	Alexander Obukhov	Russia	100	112	161	209	172	243	997	166.17		997
118.	Timofey Gorskov	Russia	174	162	177	135	176	167	991	165.17		991
119.	Tatyana Sheshenya	Russia	164	134	173	140	187	141	939	156.50	48	987
120.	Sergey Sobolin	Russia	151	184	138	139	208	158	978	163.00		978
121.	Julia Sozinova	Russia	167	168	146	146	159	142	928	154.67	48	976
122.	Vadim Novikov	Russia	147	175	158	154	199	142	975	162.50		975
123.	Varvara Gryaznova	Russia	134	142	203	161	134	150	924	154.00	48	972
124.	Igor Shmakov	Russia	180	190	135	156	162	147	970	161.67		970
125.	Alexander Levtev	Russia	132	222	152	135	152	166	959	159.83		959
126.	Mikhail Voevodin	Russia	185	154	154	120	172	166	951	158.50		951
127.	German Sutovsky	Russia	136	177	163	137	154	179	946	157.67		946
128.	Daniil Tsygulev	Russia	166	191	122	147	158	148	932	155.33		932
129.	Boris Vorontsov	Russia	163	176	128	171	151	131	920	153.33		920
130.	Daniil Ivanov	Russia	142	141	187	153	133	151	907	151.17		907
131.	Viktoria Krutikova	Russia	153	138	128	137	140	158	854	142.33	48	902
132.	Nikita Stolbov	Russia	157	155	134	121	181	152	900	150.00		900
133.	Alexander Tolstykh	Russia	129	149	144	153	164	138	877	146.17		877
134.	Evgeny Galeev	Russia	145	128	157	134	153	137	854	142.33		854
135.	Andrey Nikolaychik	Russia	113	127	160	154	150	138	842	140.33		842
136.	Evgeny Krutikov	Russia	103	139	128	157	125	168	820	136.67		820
137.	Maria Fedorova	Russia	96	100	124	151	119	107	697	116.17	48	745
138.	Konstantin Kurbatov	Russia	118	125	120	121	121	123	728	121.33		728
139.	Georgy Gadzhiev	Russia	99	158	89	133	112	136	727	121.17		727