7th July, Kaohsiung: Taiwanese totally dominated the Ladies' Open Round 1 Masters finals of the 17th Koahsiung International Open Bowling Championships with defending champion, Huang Chiung-Yao leading her compatriots to occupying the top nine positions.
Huang and Chang Yu-Hsuan shared the lead at the start of the finals when both rolled 245 in their opening game to lead Thailand's Natthida Sertluecha by 11 pins with Chang Yin-Chih a further nine pins away in third.
Yu-Hsuan took over the running after the second game but her lead was quickly snatched by Huang after the defending champion psoted a big game of 258 in the third game.
The leader never look back then on reeling in 203, 213, 245, 215 and easing off with 190 to win the round with 1750. Wang Ting-Wen and Tsai Hsin-Yi battled out second spot throughout the round but it was Tsai who ended stronger to claim second position with 1705.