11th May, Manila: Reigning QubicaAMF World Cup champion, Krizziah Tabora of Philippines extended her lead in the Ladies' Open Masters qualifying leaderboard of the PBF 2nd Philippine International Open with a stunning record-breaking six-games total of 1606.

Krizziah, who became the third Filipina to win bowling's most prestigious event last year, following Lita Del Rosario (1987) and Bong Coo (1979). Her feat also gave Philippines their eighth world cup titles.

Filipino legend and four-time winner was Paeng Nepomuceno (1980, 1986, 1992 and 1996), who now coaches the Philippine national team and C.J. Suarez (2003). The 27-year-old Krizziah had already topped the Ladies' Open standings with a commanding 1515 for several days.

But she took to the lanes at the 4.30pm squad and scorched the Coronado Lanes with a stunning 812 to take her 6-games tally to a whopping 1606 and to cement her contention for the title.

Meanwhile in the Men's Open division, Kenneth Chua, who despite automatically qualifying for Round 1 finals as defending champion, earned a bye and automatically advance to Round 2 finals as the top local qualifier with a total of 1544.

Jomar Jumapao, who topped the local pool with 1520, will join Chua as second seeded local qualifier for Round 2. 2017 Asian School Singles gold medallist, Kenzo Umali occupied third with 1497. JP Macatula, newly-crowned Youth Masters champion, Merwin Tan and ex-international, Paulo Valdez made up the top six local qualifiers.

In the overseas pool, Sam Cooley of Australia maintained pole position with 1530. Hussain Alsuwaidi of UAE and 2017 World Championships Trios gold medallist, Wu Siu Hong of Hong Kong occupied second and third positions with 1494 and 1477.

Hassan Alshaikh of Saudi Arabia, in fourth position with 1468 will be joined by two Singaporeans, Cheah Ray Han and Jonovan Neo in fifth and sixth positions and automatically advancing to Round 2 finals.