Qualifying in the men's and women's Singles event wrapped up Saturday at the 2013 World Games, but with all pins being dropped headed into round-robin match play, any of the remaining players still have a chance to reach the stepladder finals.

Osku Palermaa (pictured left) of Finland easily led the men's field with 4375, an average of 243.06, while Norway's Mads Sandbækken qualified second with 4281. Canada's Dan MacLelland took the third spot with 4243.

The other players who qualified for match play in the men's division were Korea's Hwang Dongjun, Venezuela's Amleto Monacelli, Mexico's Alejandro Cruz, Colombia's Santiago Mejia, Germany's Pascal Winternheimer, Team USA's Mike Fagan and Chinese Taipei's Cheng Hsing-Chao.

On the women's side, Ukrainian Daria Kovalova (left) finished qualifying with 4068 and a 226 average to pace the field. Colombia's Clara Juliana Guerrero (right) was second with 3959, while Malaysia's Esther Cheah was third with 3937.

The other players who qualified were Venezuela's Karen Marcano, Singapore's Geraldine Ng, Mexico's Sandra Gongora, Finland's Sanna Pasanen, Team USA's Kelly Kulick, the Dominican Republic's Aumi Guerra and Canada's Lynne Gauthier.

The remaining players will bowl 10 games of round robin match play Sunday morning before cutting to the top three men and top three women for the stepladder finals.

 

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IX World Games - Men's Singles Qualifying after 18 games

The top 10 after 18 games advance to round robin match play.

Pos	Player	Country	Mixed	Sgls 1	G13	G14	G15	G16	G17	G18	Sgls 2	Ave.	Total	Ave.
1.	Osku Palermaa	Finland	1465	1535	257	216	193	243	232	234	1375	229.17	4375	243.06
2.	Mads Sandbaekken	Norway	1443	1433	257	238	183	279	215	233	1405	234.17	4281	237.83
3.	Dan MacLelland	Canada	1508	1349	251	198	238	249	226	224	1386	231.00	4243	235.72
4.	Hwang Dongjun	Korea	1315	1415	249	247	234	258	253	203	1444	240.67	4174	231.89
5.	Amleto Monacelli	Venezuela	1367	1380	189	214	267	244	241	228	1383	230.50	4130	229.44
6.	Alejandro Cruz	Mexico	1371	1404	235	241	237	206	238	194	1351	225.17	4126	229.22
7.	Santiago Mejia	Colombia	1350	1358	255	231	218	247	221	205	1377	229.50	4085	226.94
8.	Pascal Winternheimer	Germany	1370	1327	224	222	258	236	203	235	1378	229.67	4075	226.39
9.	Michael Fagan	United States	1395	1383	193	244	221	236	200	191	1285	214.17	4063	225.72
10.	Cheng Hsing-Chao	Chinese Taipei	1273	1328	258	259	241	262	234	203	1457	242.83	4058	225.44
11.	Stuart Williams	England	1314	1346	257	200	203	195	290	222	1367	227.83	4027	223.72
12.	Zulmazran Zulkifli	Malaysia	1356	1343	203	221	236	215	244	204	1323	220.50	4022	223.44
13.	Kenneth Chua	Philippines	1329	1351	194	278	244	234	169	205	1324	220.67	4004	222.44
14.	Zoe Dias	China	1297	1285	247	257	214	177	267	257	1419	236.50	4001	222.28
15.	Howard Saw	Singapore	1265	1349	223	246	153	233	237	233	1325	220.83	3939	218.83
16.	Israel Hernandez	Puerto Rico	1202	1316	248	247	191	182	236	275	1379	229.83	3897	216.50
17.	Marcelo Suartz	Brazil	1284	1317	224	231	248	229	154	170	1256	209.33	3857	214.28
18.	Justin Caruana Scicluna	Malta	1324	1313	234	247	210	155	180	190	1216	202.67	3853	214.06
19.	Tomoyuki Sasaki	Japan	1361	1183	184	258	202	204	188	227	1263	210.50	3807	211.50
20.	Willie Javier	Dominican Republic	1275	1233	181	178	196	189	258	204	1206	201.00	3714	206.33
21.	Massimo Pirozzi	Italy	1256	1151	214	206	238	224	209	192	1283	213.83	3690	205.00
22.	Nicolas Marchand	France	1309	1179	203	202	193	189	178	171	1136	189.33	3624	201.33
23.	Andres Herrera	Guatemala	1144	1256	184	202	212	198	197	192	1185	197.50	3585	199.17
24.	Mykhaylo Kalika	Ukraine	1330	1118	235	154	229	189	153	174	1134	189.00	3582	199.00

 

IX World Games - Women's Singles Qualifying after 18 games

The top 10 after 18 games advance to round robin match play.

Pos	Player	Country	Mixed	Sgls 1	G13	G14	G15	G16	G17	G18	Sgls 2	Ave.	Total	Ave.
1.	Daria Kovalova	Ukraine	1288	1333	258	247	278	235	221	208	1447	241.17	4068	226.00
2.	Clara Guerrero	Colombia	1240	1392	247	223	237	204	214	202	1327	221.17	3959	219.94
3.	Esther Cheah	Malaysia	1183	1421	190	257	269	212	199	206	1333	222.17	3937	218.72
4.	Karen Marcano	Venezuela	1291	1317	193	202	265	234	211	190	1295	215.83	3903	216.83
5.	Geraldine Ng	Singapore	1306	1344	178	170	215	249	206	233	1251	208.50	3901	216.72
6.	Sandra Gongora	Mexico	1296	1305	238	212	186	207	192	208	1243	207.17	3844	213.56
7.	Sanna Pasanen	Finland	1193	1348	237	180	257	174	235	216	1299	216.50	3840	213.33
8.	Kelly Kulick	United States	1308	1215	198	211	235	236	205	217	1302	217.00	3825	212.50
9.	Aumi Guerra	Dominican Republic	1201	1357	214	210	236	222	167	199	1248	208.00	3806	211.44
10.	Lynne Gauthier	Canada	1233	1237	233	190	237	225	233	189	1307	217.83	3777	209.83
11.	Oh Nu Ri	Korea	1124	1309	204	223	247	191	200	201	1266	211.00	3699	205.50
12.	Birgit Pöppler	Germany	1278	1184	183	234	205	181	207	224	1234	205.67	3696	205.33
13.	Liza Del Rosario	Philippines	1276	1264	226	182	172	158	191	222	1151	191.83	3691	205.06
14.	Natsuki Teshima	Japan	1245	1162	231	175	214	221	221	194	1256	209.33	3663	203.50
15.	Hayley White	England	1255	1176	200	222	185	194	222	194	1217	202.83	3648	202.67
16.	Sofia Rodriguez	Guatemala	1187	1288	199	205	190	180	162	180	1116	186.00	3591	199.50
17.	Kristie Lopez	Puerto Rico	1117	1126	199	241	214	218	260	170	1302	217.00	3545	196.94
18.	Andrea Hansen	Norway	1021	1248	248	223	237	189	182	183	1262	210.33	3531	196.17
19.	Amandine Jacques	France	1108	1125	203	227	216	223	182	237	1288	214.67	3521	195.61
20.	Tsai Hsin-Yi	Chinese Taipei	1241	1129	190	171	156	189	214	181	1101	183.50	3471	192.83
21.	Roseli dos Santos	Brazil	1176	1127	209	211	170	218	140	194	1142	190.33	3445	191.39
22.	Annalisa Balzano	Italy	1168	1055	217	201	169	181	161	205	1134	189.00	3357	186.50
23.	Melissa Swift	Malta	1195	1012	178	171	160	190	167	189	1055	175.83	3262	181.22
24.	Sam Chan	China	1143	1023	191	147	194	185	149	134	1000	166.67	3166	175.89